Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulags
Noun
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Each of them was taken to Kentucky jails for detention, but the government separated them and held them in different facilities.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026 -
To address custody deaths in Los Angeles County jails, Bornman wants to increase staffing and drug searches and look at contracting with outside hospitals and treatment centers for ill and addicted people in jail.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Dees was one of hundreds of men being housed out of state in private prisons.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
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Colorado voters passed Amendment A, a ballot measure touted as an end to slavery in state prisons in 2018.—
Julia Bowling,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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At 15, Leon Schagrin was deported from occupied Poland to multiple ghettos and concentration camps.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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Concentration Camps, Hitler And The Allies One of the highlights of the exhibition are Miller’s war photographs, particularly those of the concentration camps and Hitler’s apartment.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Kamlager-Dove’s bill, called the Pregnant Women in Custody Act, would require the federal government to collect data on pregnancies — how many, the treatment, the outcomes — not only in local jails, but also in federal and state lockups, including immigration detention facilities.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Salinas Valley has become one of the most violent lockups in the state.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Unlike standard carbon filters, these molecular cages force PFAS molecules to clump together inside a cavity, achieving a 98 percent removal rate.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui city in the Noto region, where they were last seen in the wild.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Lindsey Hodgson checking up on the new calves kept in different pens depending age.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Twila Byars pens heartfelt tribute to late stepbrother, Alaskan Bush People star Matt Brown.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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“Gulags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulags. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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