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Recent Examples of remand
Simon Perry, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The organization reports that its members have been arrested 3,300 times to date, with seven currently in prison, eight on remand, and sixteen awaiting sentencing.
—News Desk, Artforum, 31 Mar. 2025
Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Arnold-Burger and the two other appeals court judges who issued the ruling — Chief Judge Sarah Warner and Judge Stephen Hill — remanded the lawsuit back to the district court and ordered that it be presided over by a judge other than Watson.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2025
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Noun
Action for Children’s mother and baby units provide a dedicated place for new and expectant mothers serving a prison sentence or on remand, Kate’s office at Kensington Palace said.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The organization reports that its members have been arrested 3,300 times to date, with seven currently in prison, eight on remand, and sixteen awaiting sentencing.
—News Desk, Artforum, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
Sangha, 42, was remanded into custody and is awaiting a trial set to begin in August.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Arnold-Burger and the two other appeals court judges who issued the ruling — Chief Judge Sarah Warner and Judge Stephen Hill — remanded the lawsuit back to the district court and ordered that it be presided over by a judge other than Watson.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remand
Noun
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The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist just released from ICE detention, was in the front row.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
Verb
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According to Collin County records, he was jailed and released.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 July 2025
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Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in June 2022 following a one month trial concluding in December 2021.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The central function of the judiciary, in all places, is the protection of individuals against arbitrary confinement by the executive.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2025
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Alcatraz prison embodied terror, isolation and despair, where hardened criminals faced relentless confinement on a desolate rock surrounded by icy, inescapable waters.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The state has refused to make public a roster of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz, instead offering selective information about who is being detained there.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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In Spring Valley earlier this month, sheriff’s deputies were called in as federal agents conducting immigration enforcement detained two people on a residential street.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
Verb
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The young boy had been incarcerated all alone and sent to Manzanar.—
Tracy Slater
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Montague was arrested on June 30 in an apartment building associated with a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals re-entering society after being incarcerated.—
Andrew Stanton
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The divorced father of three said he was detained in 2013 following an incarceration for violating probation related to a drug offense.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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This panel will examine mass incarceration through multiple lenses and how the criminal justice system serves as a point of crisis of public health, black wealth building, voter disenfranchisement, and family structure.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 July 2025
Verb
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In one study, researchers induced postnatal stress in a mouse (confining her, forcing her to swim) and separated her from her pups at unpredictable intervals.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The fire was initially confined and contained, with multiple strategies employed to protect structures, facilities, and infrastructure.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Following his arrest, Burhoe was immediately suspended without pay.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
12 July 2025
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At the time of his arrest, Kohberger was 28 years old and had recently wrapped his first semester as a Ph.D criminology student at Washington State University's Pullman campus, a roughly 15-minute drive from Moscow.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 July 2025
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“Remand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remand. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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