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chain-link

[cheyn-lingk]

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a chain-link fence, as in its diamond shapes or linked couplings.

    a chain-link fabric.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of chain-link1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

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Critics call the facility “dehumanizing,” noting that the facility is made up of hundreds of bunk beds behind chain-link fences under tents in an area that regularly experiences temperatures over 100 in the summer.

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I peered through a chain-link fence at a plane belonging to GlobalX, the charter airline commonly referred to as ICE Air, which sat on the runway.

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The driveway gate of the waist-high chain-link fence dividing the front yard from the sidewalk was bent and mangled, lashed to a metal fence pole with white rope.

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The man was face-down on a stretch of sidewalk lined with chain-link fences and sandbags, near a public restroom and the entrance to the Vermont/Santa Monica subway stop.

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On this spring night in 2025, the Newark Police and a large crowd of protesters were on the same side of history — and the same side of a chain-link fence topped with barbed razor wire.

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