as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Recent Examples of caged
Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Gaga ended the performance like an exhausted wind-up doll, caged again physically, but never spiritually.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Nini might have died too if he hadn’t been caged and hand-fed.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Some do it because they are caged for some reason or another and haven’t figured how to pop their cork while in chastity.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 19 Aug. 2025
They had been caged in the basement.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
The piece practically caged Smith’s head and created an abstract frame for his face.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
Margot Robbie chose a caged black Alaïa sandal at a Los Angeles photocall last month while Meagan Good has circled lace-up pairs from Jessica Rich and Alevì Milano in July.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
All of the show’s authority figures — Morrow, Kirsh, Boy Kavalier, Dame Sylvia — end the season caged, with a Xenomorph looming above them, looking potentially ready to pounce.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Gaga ended the performance like an exhausted wind-up doll, caged again physically, but never spiritually.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Nini might have died too if he hadn’t been caged and hand-fed.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Some do it because they are caged for some reason or another and haven’t figured how to pop their cork while in chastity.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 19 Aug. 2025
They had been caged in the basement.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
The piece practically caged Smith’s head and created an abstract frame for his face.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caged
Verb
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The results of his project comprise the Heinz Gaube Lebanese Architectural Photographs Collection, housed at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) and available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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The wing traditionally served as the office of the First Lady, and previously housed a portico as well as a colonnade that led to the Executive Residence.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For the seventy years that legal sports betting was confined to Nevada, most of the action focussed on which teams would win or at least cover the point spread.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Contrast that with the majority, where AI adoption is patchy at best—confined to isolated functions and rarely scaled enterprise-wide.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s decision to commute Santos’ sentence came after multiple friends and allies of the imprisoned ex-politician made appeals for his clemency, a senior White House official told NBC News on Friday evening.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The incident took place in an area enclosed by a large decorative cutout designed to resemble a porthole in the side of the ship.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The living room, encased in dark mahogany panelling, looked onto a drab alleyway filled with trash bins, and the apartment’s two floors were connected by a narrow spiral staircase that risked putting parents in mind of a broken neck.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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There is nothing better on a chilly evening than creamy chicken and vegetables encased in a buttery, extra flaky crust.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dogs must remain leashed throughout the event.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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In New York, leashed dogs can sit with their owners indoors.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The bear moved with great agility around the rock ledges that surrounded the camp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Michael Finch penned movie also stars Russell Crowe, Marisa Abela, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Dave Bautista and Max Zhang.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Caged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caged. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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