confinements

plural of confinement
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as in restrictions
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries the confinement of commercial development to one stretch of roadway is intended to help preserve the town's rural character

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Noun
  • When asked about the changing landscape of college athletics, Calipari said more regulations need to be put in place, including tougher restrictions on transfers and years that players are able to maintain eligibility.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jones’ limitations aren’t going away, but his can be schemed around, which was less the case with Richardson.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • However, this research work also has some limitations.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The incarcerations have been part of Bukele’s controversial efforts to stem the high crime rates and gang violence that have plagued the country for years.
    Michael Rios, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The Body Politic uplifts Baltimore’s relative success in decreasing the city’s homicide and violent crime rate while not increasing incarcerations or the rate of citizen-police interactions.
    Richard Fowler, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Confinements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confinements. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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