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verb

past tense of gate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gated
Adjective
The news release for the new listing highlights its location within Landfall, a private, gated community. Charlie Kingree, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 He was thought to have paid as much as $90,000 a month to live in the $20 million Boca Raton home in the exclusive Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, according to Zillow. Kelce's main home is a $6 million mansion in a gated community near Kansas City, according to Hello Magazine. Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2025 The Chiefs tight end was in search of privacy following the news of his high-profile romance and thus settled on the 17,000-square-foot mansion, which is tucked away in a gated enclave. India Roby, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2025 Built over several years and completed in 2025, the fully walled and gated estate occupies three parcels of ridge-top land fronted by a guard house and a 300-foot driveway that empties at a spacious cobblestone motor court and a subterranean garage with room for up to 15 vehicles. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gated
Adjective
  • Babbitt was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer while trying to climb through a barricaded door to enter the Speaker's Lobby on January 6.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Police were continuing to talk with the barricaded man as the ordeal reached five hours about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sarno’s crew also engaged in smash-and-grab robberies in which hundreds of thousands of dollars in gems were stolen from jewelry stores and then fenced at a Cicero pawnshop operated by the Outlaws motorcycle gang, according to prosecutors.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • For now, the area is being fenced off.
    Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But over the years, the river had been dammed upstream, drying it up and killing the fish.
    David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gated. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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