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as in limiting
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 imprisoning
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 confining
One person was cited on suspicion of unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife.
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Isabel Beer,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Bell reviewed testimony from CDC officials and an outside medical expert concerning Perryman’s challenge to an earlier order confining her to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Bushmaster upgrade Thales designed RapidStriker to work across multiple combat vehicles instead of confining it to a dedicated platform.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
While the event has typically been held across all of Lakeview Park — one of Nampa’s largest public spaces — the city has adopted a new policy confining large events to the park’s northern side.
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Matan Josephy,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
One of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife.
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CBS News,
11 June 2026
But the black, confining nunnery space reminds a bit of some medieval dungeon.
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
Cages were originally for holding birds or other animals, and then, by extension, for confining and punishing humans.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Isabel Beer,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Bell reviewed testimony from CDC officials and an outside medical expert concerning Perryman’s challenge to an earlier order confining her to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
—
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Bushmaster upgrade Thales designed RapidStriker to work across multiple combat vehicles instead of confining it to a dedicated platform.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.
—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
While the event has typically been held across all of Lakeview Park — one of Nampa’s largest public spaces — the city has adopted a new policy confining large events to the park’s northern side.
—
Matan Josephy,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
One of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife.
—
CBS News,
11 June 2026
But the black, confining nunnery space reminds a bit of some medieval dungeon.
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
Cages were originally for holding birds or other animals, and then, by extension, for confining and punishing humans.
—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confining
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Blyth injured her back in a toboggan accident and spent over a year recovering, limiting her ability to profit off her success in the film.
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The decree requires law enforcement to meet specific goals before federal oversight is removed, including changes to the use of force policy, limiting military-style tactics during protests and banning handcuffing children under 14.
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Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.
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Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.
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France is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and canceling some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave unfurling across parts of Europe.
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In the United States, at least 19 states have already passed laws restricting minors’ access to social media platforms — with eight states enacting outright bans or parental consent requirements.
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Some chants from the crowd called for jailing the officer who killed Love.
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Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process.
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Pruitt also ran varsity cross-country and track and spent last summer interning for the Henry County Water Authority, tapping into his passion for clean water and the environment.
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Those formative years interning at the DA’s office sent her on a journey into Big Law, then multimillion-dollar legal entrepreneurship.
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Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
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In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
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“Confining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confining. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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