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
Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Designed to hold 40,000 inmates, including mass murderers and drug traffickers, prisoners are confined in large, windowless cages with minimal furnishings of tiered metal bunks, an open toilet, and a cement basin.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Palestinian citizens’ leadership, accustomed to working within the confines of Israeli society, has been forced to confront unprecedented limits on political activity.
—Asad Ghanem, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
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Verb
And disco culture did not confine itself to the dance floor: Disco launched trends in fashion for men and women.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Designed to hold 40,000 inmates, including mass murderers and drug traffickers, prisoners are confined in large, windowless cages with minimal furnishings of tiered metal bunks, an open toilet, and a cement basin.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
The cat-and-mouse game of spatial politics often led to covert acts of defiance, creating unexpected forms of freedom that would not have been possible within the confines of official regulations.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Palestinian citizens’ leadership, accustomed to working within the confines of Israeli society, has been forced to confront unprecedented limits on political activity.
—Asad Ghanem, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
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Verb
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Since the protests a year ago, the university has heavily restricted campus access, drawing a lawsuit from neighbors in Manhattan who say Columbia is violating city and state laws permitting a passageway through campus.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Over the past two months, the state Senate has passed bills seeking to drastically restrict where wind and solar can be built, and to require every watt of new solar that is brought online to be accompanied by a watt of new gas.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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Currently, more than 1,500 people are imprisoned on political grounds in Russia, according to a tally by OVD-Info, with Moscow’s crackdown on dissent escalating since the war began.—
Mariya Knight,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Weinstein, who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 2024, had been imprisoned on Rikers Island.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Last year, for example, the mission team shifted the scope into one-gyro mode after yet another of the devices failed.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This identifies patterns in scope, team composition, timelines and customer feedback to reveal success or failure predictors.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Complications and poor results, after returning to the U.S.A., may limit a patient's options for postoperative follow-up treatment in an appropriate manner.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Since February, the Trump Administration has taken additional actions that have limited or threatened access to reproductive health care.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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From elsewhere The immigrant families jailed in Texas [New Yorker] My former colleague Jack Herrera reports that under the Trump administration, ICE is jailing families who have lived in the U.S. for years and is sending them to Texas.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Under the new Trump Administration, ICE is jailing not just families encountered at the border but also families who have been here for years.—
Jack Herrera,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Supreme Court in recent decades narrowed the reach of Humphrey's Executor but stopped short of overruling it.—
John Kruzel,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Finally, many Republican states are already acting to limit the reach of Medicaid—by using new work requirements or, as NPR reported last week, in Arkansas people have been removed from the program without being told.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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To the extent that her current struggles have been psychological, responsibility for helping her through those issues falls to Daria Abramowicz, who has been working as her mental coach for the past five years.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The extent to which the two leaders have a productive relationship will be important for diplomatic relations between the two countries.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Perez was an extra-bases machine in the Royals’ doubleheader sweep of the Rockies at Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, the UFC's brass decided to cut ties with Alexander and three others in the latest roster sweep.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Confine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confine. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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