in detention
idiom
: in a prison or similar place
Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.
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No one— whether in detention, in uniform, or simply present— should ever have to face the terror of senseless gun violence.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
By the summer, over 50,000 people were in detention but ICE only had 46,000 beds.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Abdel-Fattah is a veteran democracy campaigner who first served spells in detention before the 2011 revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak and gave hope to a generation of activists in Egypt and beyond.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
Cincinnati imam Ayman Soliman was released from the Butler County jail after 72 days in detention.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2025
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
By the summer, over 50,000 people were in detention but ICE only had 46,000 beds.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Abdel-Fattah is a veteran democracy campaigner who first served spells in detention before the 2011 revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak and gave hope to a generation of activists in Egypt and beyond.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
Cincinnati imam Ayman Soliman was released from the Butler County jail after 72 days in detention.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2025
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“In detention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20detention. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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