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curtilages

noun

plural of curtilage

as in enclosures

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Skollar’s long-term goal is to raise more money to build larger enclosures for the gibbons and construct an education center for visitors.

— Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Roads can become impassable, evacuation orders can change and homes or outdoor enclosures can be damaged, leaving pets vulnerable to injury or escape.

— Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of enclosures

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Other reasons to cut down a tree are to make room for yard additions like gardens, patios, sheds, or play areas, or to give your property more sunlight.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Our team carried this place through COVID, packed patios, weddings, funerals, celebrations, and some really hard days.

— Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of patios

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In kitchens, courtyards, bedrooms and on the streets, women shared jokes, secrets, gestures of care and moments of freedom.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Edi Cliff The 36 apartments are divided across six single-story buildings, which share courtyards, landscaped gardens, walking paths, and bicycle parking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of courtyards

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Makeup by Mario is a great example, MAC is forever reliable, and Nars has some great quads too.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026
University of Wisconsin-Madison getty The University of Wisconsin-Madison came in fourth place with a scenic campus that spans nearly 936 acres across 12 quads and open areas.

— Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of quads

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In lower courts, the administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
In hip-hop and other genres, producers were using snippets of other people’s records; courts often ruled that this was a form of theft, although hip-hop fans tended to see it as righteous theft.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of courts

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Each of those quadrangles of land can produce 7 million pounds of corn or 2 million pounds of soybeans in a summer.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
This spring, across the nation’s auditoriums and quadrangles, members of the class of 2026 took their seats to receive remarks from distinguished guests.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of quadrangles

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Plausibly, then, Chinese forecasters determined that the weather would not break before the current launch window to reach the lunar pole from Wenchang closes.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2026
An early positive working relationship has been struck with Ross Wilson, the sporting director, and the pair usually speak multiple times every day, although their volume of conversations may decrease slightly once the transfer window closes.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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