as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner
confined citizens have basic rights under that nation's constitution
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as in restricted
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will confine my remarks to the subject we came here to discuss
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as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison
the accused was confined until the trial could take place
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Recent Examples of confined
David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.
—Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Colorado’s wolves returned to areas near the Utah border this month, though most wolf activity remained confined to the state’s more mountainous terrain.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In such confined, awkward sites, devised to hold a five-story house, what was important to him?
—David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.
—Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
Verb
Indeed, Shapiro’s work has never been confined to the newsroom.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Colorado’s wolves returned to areas near the Utah border this month, though most wolf activity remained confined to the state’s more mountainous terrain.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confined
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How to Get Around Uber is the most trusted way around the city for visitors, with rides that are cheap and reliable, except for the airport, where the ride-share app is restricted.—
David Shortell,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Poland scrambled fighter jets and temporarily restricted parts of its airspace on Sunday following the Russian attack.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Saad Almadi, a 75-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, remains barred from exiting the country after previously being imprisoned and reportedly tortured over X posts about the crown prince, including one about Khashoggi’s murder.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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They were blacklisted, harassed, silenced, and even imprisoned.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There have been a number of attacks by captive big cats in recent years, including a fatal tiger attack on a keeper at the Palm Beach Zoo in 2016 and another by a lion at a North California animal sanctuary in 2013.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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The captive—and Cervantes—found something moving in those sonnets, something that gave them the will to hope.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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In the 1980s in the United States, only one in four women were getting screened for breast cancer, and access to screening technology was limited, Sivendran said.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Department of Health and Human Services warns that the Food and Drug Administration’s public health oversight will be scaled back, with routine inspections limited.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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One of the suspects was preventively jailed for one month and 30 days, the Slantsevsky City Court of the Leningrad Region announced on Saturday, per Izvestia.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Darius Bazley interned for New Balance for a year before becoming a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The doctor has maintained his innocence but was convicted and incarcerated.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Dadiomov also said the way these drugs are used among people who are incarcerated is different because of the setting.—
Abigail Brooks,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Confined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confined. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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