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enclosure

[en-kloh-zher] / ɛnˈkloʊ ʒər /


NOUN
something included with a letter
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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More than £100,000 has been raised for a three-year-old boy who was attacked in a crocodile enclosure.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

WSJ: What are the basic categories of stadium enclosure that a fan should understand?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The tigers would start their new lives in a 40-hectare enclosure at the end of a red dirt track, some four kilometres from the nearest main road and local resident Lin Meng Ma's home.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

The NFL’s hosting rules require a roofing enclosure if the average game-day temperature falls below 50 degrees—which rules out most of the country for most of the winter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Before he followed Israel into the room, Bat turned to see Mom standing by the skunk enclosure.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

The CSA warned the incident shows that AI "agents... find a way" - a reference to the film Jurassic Park, where dinosaurs escape their enclosures.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The region's Guigang Zoo asked the public for help on Wednesday to find at least 100 animals that had escaped after their enclosures were damaged, including alpacas, miniature pigs, and zebras.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Rusty-spotted cats will have three outdoor enclosures at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent, when a new facility is officially opened in July.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Thousands were precisely reproduced for the cleaner enclosures of the Maginot’s scientific mission.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Others kept their animals confined to small enclosures.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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