cordon sanitaire
noun
cor·don sa·ni·taire
kȯr-ˌdōⁿ-sä-nē-ˈter 
: a protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (such as an ideology)
Examples of cordon sanitaire in a Sentence
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The cordon sanitaire has previously helped to keep extremists out of government.
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Then, in the twenty-tens, the cordon sanitaire began to break down.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
Are those who want a cordon sanitaire against these sorts of cultural values without any foundation in reality?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2010
Last year’s event operated largely behind a cordon sanitaire and without many foreign participants.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
Indeed, the very fact that the U.S. is sending troops to Romania and Poland, creating in effect a cordon sanitaire, shows that Biden is far more concerned about spillover from a war in Ukraine than Ukraine itself.
—Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
But no law requires that people fleeing political violence and natural disaster should be met by the militarized cordon sanitaire in South Texas.
—Alicia Schmidt Camacho, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2022
Ron Trewyn told us of one sheriff—the exception, rather than the rule—who had mapped the optimal locations for the 40 roadblocks needed to create a cordon sanitaire, quarantining his entire county in the event of an outbreak.
—Nicola Twille, Wired, 6 July 2021
Plum Island has the advantage of a natural cordon sanitaire—the ocean.
—Nicola Twille, Wired, 6 July 2021
Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Then, in the twenty-tens, the cordon sanitaire began to break down.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
Are those who want a cordon sanitaire against these sorts of cultural values without any foundation in reality?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2010
Last year’s event operated largely behind a cordon sanitaire and without many foreign participants.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
Indeed, the very fact that the U.S. is sending troops to Romania and Poland, creating in effect a cordon sanitaire, shows that Biden is far more concerned about spillover from a war in Ukraine than Ukraine itself.
—Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
But no law requires that people fleeing political violence and natural disaster should be met by the militarized cordon sanitaire in South Texas.
—Alicia Schmidt Camacho, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2022
Ron Trewyn told us of one sheriff—the exception, rather than the rule—who had mapped the optimal locations for the 40 roadblocks needed to create a cordon sanitaire, quarantining his entire county in the event of an outbreak.
—Nicola Twille, Wired, 6 July 2021
Plum Island has the advantage of a natural cordon sanitaire—the ocean.
—Nicola Twille, Wired, 6 July 2021
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