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as in penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
was thrown in the coop for disturbing the peace
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Recent Examples of coop
The one-half acre requirements of chicken coops, required to be located within 200 feet of a residence, will remain the same, officials said.
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Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Contact your local university coop extension service (find yours here) for identification.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, and chicken health and nutrition.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
The outdoor area has plenty of space for children to play, and the soon-to-come chicken coop will only add to the appeal.
—Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025
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Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Contact your local university coop extension service (find yours here) for identification.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, and chicken health and nutrition.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
The outdoor area has plenty of space for children to play, and the soon-to-come chicken coop will only add to the appeal.
—Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coop
Noun
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But local officials and historians have questioned the practical and symbolic implications of converting the island back into a penitentiary.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Multiple animals were also found in cages inside the home, malnourished and living in their own feces, police said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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No human being should be kept in a steaming hot cage with countless other inmates while deprived of proper sanitation and medical care.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Here’s hoping the real-life couple’s big day went more smoothly than Elizabeth and Henry’s Season 5 vow renewal, which took place at an Arizona jail after she was arrested for speaking out against draconian family separation policies at the United States border.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
15 July 2025
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As reported in 5280, Richard served 30 days in jail and 60 nights of work release.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Between 2020 and 2023, 529 people died in general population Tennessee prisons, excluding 162 deaths that occurred in a medical unit prison.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
15 July 2025
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Based on true events, the Gorgona Island prison, 34 miles off the Pacific coast, was once one of the most brutal of tropical penitentiary for murderers, rapists and political prisoners, notorious for its use of torture.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coop. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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