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gated community

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noun

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

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Then he got married and, in the late ’80s, moved to Coto de Caza, a gated community that boasts million-dollar estates and is nestled in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The firms that owned the gated community were placed in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

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

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

Long Beach is so different than the gated community I grew up in.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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