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boxed

ADJECTIVE
in a container
Synonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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The conditions that have boxed in any rate-cutting agenda are the same ones that could let him prove that credibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This recipe, courtesy of Food52, swaps out traditional ladyfingers for cornbread, which is made from boxed Jiffy corn muffin mix, whole milk and an egg.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

“She’d rent a bus, give us boxed lunches, and we’d visit maybe 10 studios.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The firm operated a major packinghouse in Frostproof, where fresh fruit was boxed for sale for roughly 70 years.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

She said pink boxed people in, and Nan wasn’t one for containment.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry



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