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aquariums

noun

variants or aquaria

plural of aquarium

as in cages

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Recent Examples of aquariums Accredited aquariums, such as the Seattle Aquarium, breed the sharks in captivity, according to the aquarium’s website. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Use bulb cages or buried layers of hardware cloth to repel rodents, and try adding tree guards and fencing to fend off larger animals.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026
In 2018, reporters visited the Ursula detention center in South Texas, an old warehouse housing hundreds of children in a series of cages bound by metal fencing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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After several miles and several hours, the herd is contained, and visitors can gather at the corrals outside the Custer State Park Bison Center to watch crews work.

— Mary Beaumont, Midwest Living, 25 Aug. 2026
Horse corrals remain in place from the princess’s time there, and an infinity-view deck takes in sunsets over the surrounding mountains.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026

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Morley is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 240 pounds, the Correction Department said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026
The earlier death of Ammann—who weighed little more than a hundred pounds upon her final arrival at BioMed—was consistent with this hypothesis.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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