1
: having or controlled by a gate
a gated entrance
2
: designed to restrict entrance usually by means of physical barriers, a private security force, and a controlled gate
gated communities
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The design duo hired architect Lab Design Collaborative to gut outdated areas like the galley kitchen, open up closed-off spaces and maintain the integrity of the Moroccan-Mediterranean style as created by the gated community’s original architect.
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Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Those voters included people living in apartment or condo complexes (of more than four units) or in gated communities.
—Clifford Weiler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Viewers of that first episode were treated to scenes of the family’s affluent lifestyle in a gated community outside of Atlanta.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
Gorney also represented Carter in his $1.5 million purchase in September of the 3,500-square-foot town home in the gated West Town community.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
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Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Those voters included people living in apartment or condo complexes (of more than four units) or in gated communities.
—Clifford Weiler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Viewers of that first episode were treated to scenes of the family’s affluent lifestyle in a gated community outside of Atlanta.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
Gorney also represented Carter in his $1.5 million purchase in September of the 3,500-square-foot town home in the gated West Town community.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gated. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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