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
Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
As Vanity Fair reported, 98 percent of the city was unaffected—protests were largely confined to a few blocks downtown.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Michael Freitag, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
His diary-like home production This Is Not a Film was produced under house arrest, while the masterful Taxi was shot within the confines of a cab that the director himself drove around Tehran.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Verb
Most impressively, this isn't confined to compliance—it's embedded across business units with quarterly ethics reviews, mandatory bias testing, and real-time monitoring dashboards.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
As Vanity Fair reported, 98 percent of the city was unaffected—protests were largely confined to a few blocks downtown.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Noun
Artificial intelligence has long since left the confines of research labs and entered our everyday lives.
—Michael Freitag, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
His diary-like home production This Is Not a Film was produced under house arrest, while the masterful Taxi was shot within the confines of a cab that the director himself drove around Tehran.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confine
Verb
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When businesses go public, insiders, usually employees and early investors, are often restricted from selling their shares for a certain time, usually between 90 to 180 days.—
Luisa Beltran,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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Iran has since gradually restricted International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors' access to its nuclear sites and far exceeded the agreement's limits on uranium enrichment purity, according to the IAEA.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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More than 200 Venezuelan nationals accused of gang affiliations were transferred to El Salvador, where they were imprisoned in the country's high-security mega-prison.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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It was focused on feeding the poor, taking care of the sick and elderly, and feeding those imprisoned in York Castle, and was self-sufficient until the rise of the Reformation movement.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The language would have required a plaintiff seeking an emergency court order or preliminary injunction against the administration to pay a costly bond up front, limiting the scope of legal action against Trump’s executive actions.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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Unless policy reflects the full scope of physical and financial risk, not just short-term political cycles, systems that look solid on paper may collapse under pressure.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, tree planting and maintenance, urban forest planning, workforce development, invasive species management and forest restoration.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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Perfectionist tendencies may cause an anxious person to limit their food intake, choose to eat only a limited range of foods, or exercise in excess.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
17 June 2025
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He’d been arrested and jailed after the victim’s death on unrelated charges in a different jurisdiction.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Venus' killer fled the scene and was never found, but the subjects of I'm Your Venus uncover new details related to the murder that weren't publicized at the time of the performer's death — including a disturbing confession from an unidentified man previously jailed over a rape case.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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This is a lament for something that is out of reach, almost strange to the narrator.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Those scheduling hopes are now all but out of reach.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
17 June 2025
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That extent is probably not a $7 million contract, which is what both AFP Analytics and Evolving Hockey project on a long-term deal.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Protecting the safety of our communities and upholding the integrity of lawful demonstrations are priorities, and those who cross the line into violence will be prosecuted swiftly and to the fullest extent of the law.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Masked up: Federal officers — often wearing masks but not uniforms or displaying badges — are arresting people outside courtroom hearings, during traffic stops and in workplace sweeps.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
23 June 2025
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San Antonio’s sweep of the latter series kept the average down to just 9.29 million viewers per game, while their 4-2 victory over the Nets in 2003 managed 9.86 million.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2025
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“Confine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confine. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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