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
Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In such confined, awkward sites, devised to hold a five-story house, what was important to him?
—David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
In the seventh episode of the show, one sequence portrays Ed Gein killing a nurse at the hospital where he is confined.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
These pollutants then build up in a confined area, resulting in degraded air quality, which may affect people with and other health concerns.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In such confined, awkward sites, devised to hold a five-story house, what was important to him?
—David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
In the seventh episode of the show, one sequence portrays Ed Gein killing a nurse at the hospital where he is confined.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confined
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In Brazil, methanol commerce is regulated by the government, restricted to industrial uses such as biodiesel production, solvents, and laboratory applications.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The latest salvo came after China restricted its exports of rare earths, which are critical minerals used across industries, from the tech sector to automakers and defense contractors.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The deal relies on the exchange of Israeli hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians detained and imprisoned by Israel.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Bryan Stevenson, 65, is a civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law group that represents imprisoned and condemned inmates.—
Kurt Streeter,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Netanyahu publicly implied for the first time Friday that not all of the deceased hostages held captive in Gaza will return, underscoring previous assessments that Hamas may not be able to find and return all of their remains.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Einav Zangauker, center, the mother of Israeli captive Matan Zangauker, celebrates at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv today.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Traffic along the detour will be limited to 45 mph.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Jakucionis, 19, admitted to some frustration on Sunday about the fact that he has been limited by injuries this preseason.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Orwell was thinking about a society where people who spoke out were jailed, potentially executed and were kind of disappeared.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Last Thursday, Sortor was jailed in Portland after police arrested him on suspicion of disorderly conduct.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 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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He is incarcerated in the El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado, Kansas, serving 10 consecutive life sentences.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Susan Atkins died of cancer in prison in 2009; Manson himself died of natural causes while incarcerated in 2017.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Confined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confined. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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