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View definitions for shielded

shielded

adjective as in armored

adjective as in cloistered

adjective as in leeward

adjective as in sacred

adjective as in secure

adjective as in veiled

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Trump also said he wants to work with Congress to help so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were shielded under an Obama-era programme, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which Trump once attempted to scrap.

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In the control room, shielded from the turbine hall by a wall of sandbags, Dmytro is taking a break.

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The government has said the NHS and the rest of the public sector would be shielded from the rise but that does not cover GP practices, many of which are run as small businesses.

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Given that Martian lava tubes are similarly shielded and likely contain sulfate-rich minerals, they may also hold signs of past microbial life, giving us clues about potential life beyond Earth.

Doctors who provide such care in California are legally shielded from laws criminalizing it in other states.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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