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gated community

American  

noun

  1. a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.


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The multimillion-dollar four-bedroom home being searched is in Altair, an exclusive gated community adjacent to the Great Park and across the street from Portola High School.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It isn’t nestled in a high-income gated community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

The Korean presence is a few dozen senior managers who live in a gated community they built specially on the outskirts of a village a couple of kilometres away.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The 6-acre spread is part of the gated community of Beverly Park.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

On the night of February 26, 2012, Martin had engaged in an altercation with Zimmerman, who was the neighborhood watch coordinator for the Sanford, Florida, gated community in which the confrontation took place.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler