detains

present tense third-person singular of detain
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Recent Examples of detains The Pinault family owns 42 percent of shares in Kering and detains 59 percent of voting rights. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025 The play is set in the real-life town of Lumpkin, whose economy has become reliant on a private prison that detains immigrants. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detains
Verb
  • Suppose the number is read in one case out of a hundred, and that the information reaches someone who apprehends the culprit in one case out of one thousand.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These early shifts—less COVID vaccination; fewer options for flu, MMR, and chickenpox vaccines; and, perhaps soon, delays to the hepatitis-B schedule—may seem benign enough.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Too much light in the evening — that extra hour from daylight saving time — delays that surge and the cycle gets out of sync.
    Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The tempo of Punch slows and the performances sharpen and deepen.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • When digestion slows, energy levels can be negatively impacted as nutrients are not absorbed by the body as quickly.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Against her will, Fadia becomes trapped in an asylum while her cousin seizes her inheritance, depriving her of even her right to grieve.
    Jenny S. Li, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Amelia Mitcham seizes opportunity to help her neighborhood A local investor has renovated a former tavern in Milwaukee's Merrill Park neighborhood.
    Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Detains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detains. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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