enchainments

Definition of enchainmentsnext
plural of enchainment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchainments
Noun
  • Supporters of restrictions argue that institutional investors often outbid would-be homeowners competing for the same homes, particularly in fast-growing markets.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado previously expressed intent to reform these hydrocarbon laws to increase foreign investment by getting rid of ownership restrictions.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up over the past couple of months, so has the number of protesters being led away in restraints and facing a court date.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • To receive a replacement, disassemble the high chair, cut the restraints and seat cover, and email photo proof that the item has been taken apart.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Autoliv and Tensor say their co-developed system is intended to remove those constraints without compromising safety.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The Fed also has an emergency lending authority with almost zero practical constraints.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Forget that there’s a safety reason for red curbs as well as the new daylighting laws even when curbs aren’t painted.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Extending assistance to children braving learning hindrances, such as ADHD (Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), dyslexia, and executive dysfunction, the program aims to offer support to the aspiring young scholars in need.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • And, of course, plenty of hindrances.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The tennis bracelets alone totaled 225 diamonds.
    Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • To end the meal, our waitress tied red string bracelets with small wooden charms around our wrists, a gesture meant to bring good fortune in the year ahead.
    Angela Lian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Throughout these pages, Hutchinson expresses a deep love of prose, of its grand possibilities and subtle confinements.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Baltimore leaders say that 87% of young men enrolled in Roca Baltimore for 24 months have no new incarcerations, while those who stay in the program for three years are 19% less likely to return to a life of crime than other similarly aged men in Maryland.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Enchainments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchainments. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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