1
as in to restrict
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will confine my remarks to the subject we came here to discuss
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2
as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the accused was confined until the trial could take place
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as in scope
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Recent Examples of confine
Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
While there’s so much to do in Denmark’s capital outside the confines of an apartment rental (the food!
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2025
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
This precise arrangement ensures that only specific wavelengths of light fit within the hollow core, keeping pulses tightly confined instead of leaking away.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Verb
This shocking revelation required finding another solution for the array of pans that had found their home within its cozy confines.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
While there’s so much to do in Denmark’s capital outside the confines of an apartment rental (the food!
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
This playbook isn’t confined to Miami.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
This precise arrangement ensures that only specific wavelengths of light fit within the hollow core, keeping pulses tightly confined instead of leaking away.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confine
Verb
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Pyongyang has continued to exercise significant control over the population and severely restrict the rights and freedoms of its population, and that has only gotten more intense over the last decade.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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While the new members could vote to further restrict access to any of those safe, lifesaving vaccines, most of the focus has been on COVID-19 vaccine access.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He and Steve Bannon were each held in contempt of Congress and imprisoned for four months after the DOJ prosecuted them.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The suspect has not practiced medicine since 2017 and hasn't been imprisoned throughout the eight-year investigation, France 24 noted.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The best way to keep avoidable conflict at bay is to outline day-to-day functions and operational scope for each of you.—
Vinayak Mahtani,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While the finding closes one chapter in New Hampshire's most infamous homicide investigation, unanswered questions remain about Rasmussen's missing mother and the full scope of killer Terry Rasmussen's crimes.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An effective hair growth solution is less about fancy marketing claims, but formulas rooted in ingredients that can improve hair’s density and fullness while limiting breakage.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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The advisory also warned that emergency services in Nepal have limited ability to respond to personal emergencies at the moment.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Since 1986, employers have required to verify workers' eligibility to work, and can be fined or jailed if caught knowingly breaking the law.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Atlanta rapper was jailed from May 9, 2022, through October 31, 2024, and in the past week, several of his alleged phone conversations have been released to the public through social media.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Washington state law dictates guns must be stored out of reach of children.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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By combining national reach with local precision, technology with design expertise, and execution with vision, Ethosource is setting a new standard for how companies can bring their culture to life through space.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Almost every modern lens relies on digital corrections to some extent; the 20-200mm just leans on them more heavily than shorter zooms or prime optics.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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What follows are the observations of a trio of housing industry veterans, each with different takes on the extent of -- and possible ways to chip away at – the vexing problem.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Jays weren’t going to pop bottles of champagne in the clubhouse after a sweep and wear ski goggles to keep the streaming beer out of their eyes.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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But a win by any of the trainer’s four horses would give Baffert an eighth sweep of Del Mar’s Debutante-Futurity championship doubleheader for 2-year-olds.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Confine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confine. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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