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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

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

In 2017, after persistent demands from community activists to enclose the site, L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2023

“Would you get some? With the help of the canopy, we should be able to enclose him completely.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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

The satellite virus needs the helper either to build its capsid, a protective shell that encloses the virus's genetic material, or to help it replicate its DNA.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

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

From BBC Jul. 18, 2023

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

The solar system is enclosed within a protective region created by the Sun, somewhat like the way Earth is surrounded by an atmosphere.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

On Aug. 21, teams enclosed the observatory inside the protective fairing of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

A pond enclosed within a black stone wall that is surrounded by white gravel.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

I’m enclosing a copy of his report for your amusement, Saxonberg; you ought to be in a mood to laugh now.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg




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