enclosure
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The forces of privatization and industrialization swept through England, as Enclosure Acts transformed common lands into private property, barring access for the poor.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
Dr Boden's research team is now furthering its work with field trials at the University's Research Enclosure to test for performance of the gene-edited lines under field conditions.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
“People are so passionate about Wimbledon that everybody will have an opinion about what you’ve done; that’s quite a challenge,” said Eileen Hogan, who made oil paintings in 2009 that are showcased the Members’ Enclosure.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023
The walls of the Great Enclosure, the structure at the heart of the settlement, measure dozens of feet in height and encircle an area some 820 feet in circumference.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
To the admiral it stood for Permanent Ostrich Enclosure, although POE could just as easily stand for something else: Pie Over Everything, for example, a tasty, if filling, notion.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing enclosure
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