as in to confine
to keep (a person or animal) away from others to prevent a disease from spreading
The hospital quarantined the infected patients. The dog was immediately quarantined.
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Recent Examples of quarantine
Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Avery Singer, 30, has frequently appeared alongside her mother on Real Housewives over the years The mother-daughter duo has a close relationship, with Avery even spending part of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantining with her parents despite their divorce.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
The Folsom and Clementine program mirrors restrictions adopted across Northern California with boaters wishing to launch having a red quarantine seal for at least 30 days after a mandatory inspection.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Where flights set to enter full orbit and remain in space for a few days require their astronauts to quarantine, this 11-minute flight doesn't hold the same requirements, allowing for the women to give cameras a shot of them reaching out to fans and family for a personal send-off.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Avery Singer, 30, has frequently appeared alongside her mother on Real Housewives over the years The mother-daughter duo has a close relationship, with Avery even spending part of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantining with her parents despite their divorce.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
When the reptiles arrived safely in Los Angeles, they were escorted to the zoo’s Jennings Veterinary Hospital for in-depth health assessments and quarantine.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
The Folsom and Clementine program mirrors restrictions adopted across Northern California with boaters wishing to launch having a red quarantine seal for at least 30 days after a mandatory inspection.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
Verb
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Across both issues, support is now confined mainly to Republicans who identify with the MAGA movement.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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On Friday, the severe weather and flash flood threats will be confined to the south-central Plains.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The spatial isolation of these colonies would aid humanity’s survival, argues Dr Gee, by allowing genetically distinct human communities to develop that could interbreed with people still living on Earth or elsewhere in space to produce offspring with the best qualities of both groups.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Read: The isolation of intensive parenting Others aren’t as eager to embrace external influences, especially not so close to home.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
Verb
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Walmart has removed self checkout machines in some locations, including in Shrewbury, Missouri and Cleveland.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Dan Halden, a spokesperson for the city’s Bureau of Street Services, had previously said the city was removing the remaining stumps and evaluating the replacement cost.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Sinners is almost two movies in one: a vampire slaughterhouse film that’s also a period piece about the near-impossibility of upward mobility in the segregation economy.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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At the time, the parish was reportedly spearheaded by Leander Perez, who championed preserving racial segregation, which ultimately led to outrage and protests.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Cosmos 482 separated into four pieces, two of which remained in Earth's low orbit and decayed within 48 hours, and the other two pieces went into a higher orbit.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Let the chicken cool completely before storing it in the fridge, and separate the meat from the bones for easier reheating.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
Noun
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There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2025
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This policy of containment has persisted ever since, whereby politicians of the right and center-right could at once embrace Head Start and reject the communist temptations of comprehensive child care—and also reject a more generous social safety net over all.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Halfway through the first game the pair switched sides, in reaction to the clear recognition that Agassi was getting isolated.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Whereas a series against a different opponent might have offered a stay in a larger, downtown metropolis, the Leafs decided to be isolated in their hotel from, well, distractions.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Cupp shared records with NPR documenting some of those incidents, but the district did not report all of them as seclusion and restraint.—
Dylan Peers McCoy,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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How did this figure of speech become a pejorative for elitist artistic and/or intellectual seclusion—something to be gotten out of or pulled down for the good of the cause, the community, or, more recently, the all-encompassing market?—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Quarantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantine. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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