- plural of enclosure.
enclosures
Example Sentences
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"It's like Big Brother for cats", she says of the 72 cameras being used to watch over the animals in their enclosures.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
According to the OIG report, between July 2025 and January 2026, the facility kept 79 immigrants in the small metal enclosures, describing them as "calming areas" for people to "deescalate and have time alone".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Among the recommendations made in the report was putting an end to the use of the small metal enclosures, greater access to showers for inmates and more recreation time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Artificial-intelligence systems have been displaying some eye-opening new abilities in recent weeks: breaking out of their enclosures, hacking other companies, lying to people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The buildings are long gone, of course, but the walls that are still there are made from rough black lava rock that forms three enclosures.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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