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Recent Examples of gated
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
This was the era of gated reverb, of electronic drums that echoed like cosmic heartbeats, of synthesizers that didn’t aim to sound bigger than real.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
The Harber sisters died while on a family trip to Casa Bonita, a gated community in Hunt, Texas, their aunt Jennifer shared in a message posted to a GoFundMe page.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Meanwhile, the Big Ten (and seemingly the SEC) are pushing a system that sounds less like a playoff and more like a gated community: four automatic bids for them, and crumbs for the rest.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
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Adjective
The spread sports a main house originally designed by James Osborne Craig, guest and carriage houses, a pool house, and a gated equestrian facility.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
This was the era of gated reverb, of electronic drums that echoed like cosmic heartbeats, of synthesizers that didn’t aim to sound bigger than real.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
The Harber sisters died while on a family trip to Casa Bonita, a gated community in Hunt, Texas, their aunt Jennifer shared in a message posted to a GoFundMe page.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Meanwhile, the Big Ten (and seemingly the SEC) are pushing a system that sounds less like a playoff and more like a gated community: four automatic bids for them, and crumbs for the rest.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gated
barricaded
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Local schools and Scouting groups participated and the parade ended with many of the people who attended the parade following the procession in the barricaded streets to the park.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Shooting outside of Speaker’s Lobby Babbitt was part of a group of Trump backers that smashed through windows of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby, where Capitol Police officers held off protesters in an effort to buy more time for members of Congress to evacuate to safety.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
20 May 2025
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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gated. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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