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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
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
It’s made clear that the chief antagonist is Philip, who starts off by griping that Madeleine isn’t confining herself to her half of the suite.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Mullin said local governments would be reimbursed for confining suspects.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Kaine stressed that Democrats want to fund the other agencies at DHS, while confining the ongoing negotiations to the immigration enforcement agencies.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
By confining the gases, internal pressure is increased far beyond what would occur if the material burned in open air, resulting in an explosion.
—Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
It’s made clear that the chief antagonist is Philip, who starts off by griping that Madeleine isn’t confining herself to her half of the suite.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Mullin said local governments would be reimbursed for confining suspects.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Kaine stressed that Democrats want to fund the other agencies at DHS, while confining the ongoing negotiations to the immigration enforcement agencies.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
By confining the gases, internal pressure is increased far beyond what would occur if the material burned in open air, resulting in an explosion.
—Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confining
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Keep in mind, many financial experts recommend limiting your precious metals allocation to no more than 5% to 10% of your portfolio.—
Tim Maxwell,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Mount Fuji, in Japan, is limiting climbers on the Yoshida Trail to 4,000 per day and has increased the charge by 4,000 yen, from 1,000 yen.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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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.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s very recent and brutal crackdown on its own people — imprisoning and killing thousands of citizens for dissent — has not been met with the same outrage by these voices.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Another line of mitigation focuses on restricting access to models without guardrails.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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In fact, when several states passed laws restricting police quotas, the rate at which state highway patrol officers issued citations actually went up, according to Edwards’ recent analysis.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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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.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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The city has said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Arellano joined the brand after interning and working his way into a full-time role, learning production before moving into design.—
J.M. Banks
March 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Confining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confining. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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