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
Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Your generation has been confined from quarantine and by the glare of your screens as a pandemic exposed the cracks in our society.
—F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Bitdefender quarantined 82% of the Windows samples, for the win.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Verb
If the owner declines, the animal needs an immediate vaccination and must go through a four to six-month quarantine period.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Your generation has been confined from quarantine and by the glare of your screens as a pandemic exposed the cracks in our society.
—F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Noun
The second area quarantined 110 poultry in Greene County, which borders Dayton.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Bitdefender quarantined 82% of the Windows samples, for the win.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
Verb
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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
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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
Noun
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The lockdown, the isolation were still fresh in everyone's minds, and many of the young people don’t live on the Navajo Nation.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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Close to a third lose their job, and the social isolation can be profound.—
April Dembosky,
NPR,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Promptly remove former employees or admins Regularly audit account access and revoke permissions for anyone who no longer needs it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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The work includes removing asphalt surface and placing new waterproofing, a new asphalt surface and associated items.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Roy’s Taxi Entrepreneurial opportunities for providing private transportation services in Austin have been shaped largely by segregation, regulation and innovation.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The problems to surmount were structural: deindustrialization, entrenched segregation, economic marginalization—conditions shaped by Jim Crow, but not undone by its eclipse.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Unfortunately, some of this history seems relevant now as immigrant children are being forcibly separated from their parents.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Twigs and LaBeouf dated between 2018 and 2019 after meeting on the set of his 2019 directorial debut Honey Boy, while LaBeouf was separated from his now-wife Mia Goth.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Currently, details about the containment or cause of the fire are unknown.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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Wildfires in northern Arizona, including near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, saw gradual containment efforts.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
Verb
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The church's chef, Odeh, gave a small speech, telling students this community is an act of defiance in itself for all those who want to separate and isolate the others.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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They can be used to enforce least privilege, restrict destructive actions, and isolate misconfigured services—all without requiring code changes.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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While a lot has changed over the 249 years since those men emerged from their sweaty seclusion, one thing hasn't: Philadelphia is still hot and steamy at the height of summer.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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In the 1980s, Stone largely slipped into seclusion, with sporadic public appearances.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Quarantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantine. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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