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enclose

[en-klohz] / ɛnˈkloʊz /


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Four walls enclose the courts, including a 15-foot-tall front wall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

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

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

Tuesday to enclose the encampment, which went up Monday, but did not order anyone to disperse.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2024

Their capsule-like shape can enclose and protect mRNA, which provides instructions for cells to manufacture proteins.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

She turned aside and made a steeple of her hands to enclose her nose and mouth and pressed her fingers into the corners of her eyes.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

Mr. Nesbø encloses “Wolf Hour,” translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson, in a clever conceptual envelope: The book is being written years later by a Norwegian cousin of Bob’s.

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

Towards the back of the area so far excavated there is a wall that encloses three rooms.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2023

He encloses one of my hands perfectly between two of his.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

To protect the mRNA from breaking down before it reached its target, the researchers added a positively charged cholesterol derivative that helped keep the genetic material securely enclosed inside the nanoparticles.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

She left a note which I have enclosed for your perusal.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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

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

In the new study, the researchers protected the bacteria by enclosing them, along with magnetic particles, inside small droplets of sodium alginate, a thickening ingredient commonly found in foods.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2025

It was green and stagnant, thrust out like a slimy arm towards the enclosing hills.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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