impounds

verb

present tense third-person singular of impound
as in keeps
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave impound stray animals

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Recent Examples of impounds There's a giant dam that impounds the Colorado River. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 There, the Windy Gap Reservoir impounds the river in a broad mountain valley near Granby, northwest of the ski town of Winter Park. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impounds
  1. keeps
  2. limits
  3. confines
  4. incarcerates
  5. imprisons
  6. restricts
  7. restrains
  8. holds
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  • Would the Pistons exercise that right, if only to remove some of the pressure that keeps rising as that ominous October date nears?
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • This attempt by Israel to muzzle hope and stifle joy keeps repeating itself in all aspects of Palestinian life.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of keeps
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  • This significantly limits its sensitivity, the very characteristic needed in a sensing technology.
    — Pawel Maniewski, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Incomplete customer profiles lead to incomplete answers, while fragmented behavioral data limits AI’s ability to understand intent, identify patterns and recommend the right next action.
    — Bill Bruno, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of limits
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  • Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of confines
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  • Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Definition of incarcerates
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  • The King imprisons the miller’s daughter in a room and orders her to prove her magical ability under pain of death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • County leaders vowed to legally oppose the facility, pointing to county zoning laws that do not allow for detention centers or any type of facility that holds or imprisons people on county land.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Definition of imprisons
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  • This is because the costs of maintaining a herd—feed, fertilizer and equipment—have gone up as a result of tariffs and drought, so fewer farmers breed cows for slaughter, which restricts beef supply.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Texas law restricts what local governments can require private employers to pay.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of restricts
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  • On that same front, Hoffman’s order restrains the NCAA from enforcing the rule of restitution.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Elsewhere on the canvas, Cassatt restrains herself to match Katherine’s discipline.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of restrains
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  • However, pre-clinical research (not in humans) suggests the peptide holds promise beyond skin health.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The former president, who no longer holds any formal position in government or in Cuba’s Communist Party, rarely appears in public.
    — Andrea Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of holds

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“Impounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impounds. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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