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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
some wild animals take to confinement very poorly
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as in restriction
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries
the confinement of commercial development to one stretch of roadway is intended to help preserve the town's rural character
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Recent Examples of confinement
Peltier, 80, will now serve indefinite home confinement.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
The resulting funds could only be used by the interned to pay for their confinement.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Mar. 2025
The lives of poor Liberians were temporarily suspended, bracketed by confinement, while those with far more resources could transcend it.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
This reduced the dogs chances of being adopted, leading to longer periods of time in the confinement of the shelter environment and the development of more undesirable behaviors.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for confinement
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
The resulting funds could only be used by the interned to pay for their confinement.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Mar. 2025
The lives of poor Liberians were temporarily suspended, bracketed by confinement, while those with far more resources could transcend it.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
This reduced the dogs chances of being adopted, leading to longer periods of time in the confinement of the shelter environment and the development of more undesirable behaviors.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for confinement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confinement
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It’s been just over eight months since the Jamaican dancehall legend was freed from captivity after serving 13 years behind bars for a murder conviction that was overturned on appeal in March 2024.—
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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A little more than 200 red wolves live in captivity, but fewer than 20 exist in the wild — all in a rural five-county section of northeastern North Carolina.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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There are no gestational age restrictions, although most abortions are performed during the first trimester and those after 23 weeks require specialized care.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Improper restriction and exclusion of ill food service employees.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2025
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None of the internment camp players made it to Major League Baseball, but George Omachi, who played for the Denson All-Stars at the Jerome War Relocation Center in Denson, Arkansas, eventually became a scout for the league.—
Rachel Ng,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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More than 100,000 people of Japanese decent were sent to internment camps, which the federal government formally apologized for in 1988.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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This means there will be limitations on who can view their content, see their profile information, and more.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
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Microsoft acknowledges several limitations, including poor enemy interactions, a short context length of just 0.9 seconds (meaning the system forgets objects outside its view), and unreliable numerical tracking for game elements like health values.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Even more experience abuse leading up to their incarceration.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The gang started as an organizing structure for men imprisoned during a period of mass incarceration that began under former President Hugo Chavez, Hanson told USA TODAY.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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His lawyers said Mahdi's original attorneys put on a shallow case trying to spare his life that didn't call on relatives, teachers or others who knew him and ignored the impact of months spent in solitary confinement in prison as a teen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison in January after pleading guilty to lying to his FBI handler about the Biden family's ties to a Ukrainian energy company -- in addition to a series of unrelated tax fraud charges.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confinement. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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