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enclose

[en-klohz] / ɛnˈkloʊz /


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Once you’ve decided to enclose it, you’ve changed the whole calculus of the building.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

They requested China enclose this section inside the embassy's security perimeter.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

The contractor asked if they wanted to move the washer and dryer to a different space in the home or enclose them to hide them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2024

In an open letter sent to the community in January, SHM described the “double-barrier” that will enclose the pens and other measures to address these concerns.

From Science Magazine Feb. 19, 2024

It came down to hover over Billy, and to enclose him in a cylinder of pulsing purple light.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

But it had no lights of its own, so the volunteers used the LED lights and glow sticks to attach homemade Dodgers-themed signage to the fence that encloses the bridge.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

The cargo capacity is roughly equivalent: the CX-50 encloses 31.4 cubic feet behind the second-row seats.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

These extremely reactive molecules always occur in pairs and remain surrounded by solvent, which encloses the pairs of radicals like a kind of cage.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2024

It’s so stark, so subtle in how it encloses the space, turning it into a haven.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2024

I know, without checking more than a few feet to one side, that it encloses the entire four-to-five-o’clock wedge.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

They enclosed $75 as their contribution to the proposed stadium, and the city took it from there, passing a $550,000 bond measure to fund construction.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

In agriculture, fertilizers can be enclosed inside PHA beads that gradually release their contents as the plastic breaks down.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Jimmy, Kynren's birds and conservation curator, and his 16-strong team care for 170 birds housed year-round in aviaries and enclosed orchards behind the 2,500-seat theatre.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Within these enclosed environments, breathable oxygen could be produced through photosynthesis or water electrolysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding, he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Bizarrely, a green gate and fence enclosing the site stood untouched.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

Some hotels have been moving the sink and shower into the bedroom and enclosing the toilet in glass or placing it in cubby-like space, which helps make the room look more spacious, Hanson said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

Survey work has been conducted over the last two decades but researchers believed critical questions about "the date, development and function of both the enclosing elements and the internal settlement remain unanswered".

From BBC Jan. 1, 2026

In fact, it later puffs up sideways and transforms into what looks like a huge cosmic watermelon, enclosing everything close by.

From Space Scoop Nov. 28, 2025

About the lowest tier, two hundred feet below where Sam now stood, there was a battlemented wall enclosing a narrow court.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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