internment
noun
in·tern·ment
in-ˈtərn-mənt 
ˈin-ˌtərn-
plural internments
: the act of interning someone or the state of being interned
His parents had never told him about the exclusion laws, or the internment of Japanese-Americans, and the subject had not come up in his textbooks.—
Timothy Egan
Timothy EganEven in the midst of betrayal and the resulting alienation experienced in the internment, there exists the unnegotiable state of human bonds and possibility for reconciliation.—Fumitaka Matsuoka
Fumitaka Matsuoka… an American who spent World War II with his parents in an internment camp.—Philip Siekman
Philip SiekmanExamples of internment in a Sentence
the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history
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Another internment site was a cremation vessel that held the remains of three people, two large knives and several other relics associated with central Mexico.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
Ephemeral, at 2301 E. 28th Ave., occupies the former Ben’s Market, a convenience store that was started in the 1940s by a Japanese family released from the World War II-era Japanese internment facility known as Camp Amache, in the town of Granada.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
Taniguchi's back story is inspirational, and at the same time instructional in regard to a subject that's back in the news: American internment camps.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
This code mandates the teaching and analysis of pivotal events in American History, such as the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the history of gender inequality.
—Jane Tanaka, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
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Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
Ephemeral, at 2301 E. 28th Ave., occupies the former Ben’s Market, a convenience store that was started in the 1940s by a Japanese family released from the World War II-era Japanese internment facility known as Camp Amache, in the town of Granada.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
Taniguchi's back story is inspirational, and at the same time instructional in regard to a subject that's back in the news: American internment camps.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
This code mandates the teaching and analysis of pivotal events in American History, such as the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the history of gender inequality.
—Jane Tanaka, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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