enchainment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchainment
Noun
  • Hamas has been issuing more statements criticizing Israel's restrictions on food aid to Gaza.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 July 2025
  • The Ada County commissioners will meet again Sept. 10 to make a decision on solar restrictions.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • As a result, inmates who could be placed in community halfway houses or home confinement end up staying in prison longer than necessary.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Microgravity, radiation, confinement and a change in sleep-wake cycles and can exert pressure on cells, driving lower immune systems and making astronauts more susceptible to being sick during or after missions.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The Hustle reached out to some longtime independent swim school operators who hold board positions with the US Swim School Association to ask for their opinions on the influx of chains like Goldfish and others.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Between dodging axe blades and wriggling free of chains, the limber lord explains his intent: to inspire people to face their own terrors.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The impact of their monthslong incarceration extended beyond them.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 23 July 2025
  • As alarming as this situation is, the toxic brew of brutal incarceration, migrant abuse, and private interests has a deep, dark history in Florida.
    Time, Time, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Zelenskyy said in a post on X that some of the Ukrainians released had been in Russian captivity since 2022.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 July 2025
  • People in Tenafly, N.J., watch a live broadcast in anticipation of the release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, a Tenafly native, from Hamas captivity in Gaza, on Monday, May 12, 2025.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Davis is a magnetic front man, and the Roadhouse Band is an intoxicatingly raucous live outfit, but the constraints of the setup suited his new material, which is suffused with listlessness and yearning, dark jokes and wordy disquisitions on desire.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The graphic novel format gave him the freedom to imagine without limitation—unbound by the logistical constraints of filmmaking.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Center Frank Ragnow’s retirement and the low pass rush points could be a hindrance.
    KC Joyner, New York Times, 23 July 2025
  • However, there remains one hindrance to his potential Cadillac signing.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • In the second photo, the animals are freed of their restraints — one of the pets is crawling about the bin while the other stays in its shell.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • Unlike the Washington consensus, which mandated fiscal austerity and economic restraint, Silicon Valley’s calls for unprecedented investment and acceleration.
    Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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“Enchainment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchainment. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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