as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner
the soldiers daringly rescued their interned comrades without the loss of a single life
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to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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Recent Examples of interned
Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
But during the summer between high school and her freshman year at the California Institute of Technology, Ma interned at Livermore, sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day in a fruitless search for new planets somewhere between Saturn and Uranus.
—Frances Stead Sellers, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Indeed, many of our interns eventually wind up on our staff – roughly one in five members of our staff interned here at some point.
—Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
During his studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the young chef interned for the restaurant group Caesar's, which is home to several Food Network stars' dining institutions.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Khalil worked at the British embassy in Lebanon and interned for the United Nations.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
In 2005, McKee began medical school at Ohio State University and interned at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center starting in 2014, records show.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
By June 1945, some 400 POWs were interned at the camp.
—George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Afterward, Driscoll attended Yale Law School, and briefly interned at the Senate Committee for Veterans Affairs, before joining Charlotte investment banking firm BlackArch Partners.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.
—Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
But during the summer between high school and her freshman year at the California Institute of Technology, Ma interned at Livermore, sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day in a fruitless search for new planets somewhere between Saturn and Uranus.
—Frances Stead Sellers, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Indeed, many of our interns eventually wind up on our staff – roughly one in five members of our staff interned here at some point.
—Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
During his studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the young chef interned for the restaurant group Caesar's, which is home to several Food Network stars' dining institutions.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Khalil worked at the British embassy in Lebanon and interned for the United Nations.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
In 2005, McKee began medical school at Ohio State University and interned at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center starting in 2014, records show.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
By June 1945, some 400 POWs were interned at the camp.
—George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Afterward, Driscoll attended Yale Law School, and briefly interned at the Senate Committee for Veterans Affairs, before joining Charlotte investment banking firm BlackArch Partners.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
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The most prevalent problem the officer saw among imprisoned immigrants was psychological.—
Amy Maxmen,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
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He was jailed in January 2021 and moved to an Arctic penal colony in late 2023.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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For example, Yasser Abu Shabab, the now-deceased head of one of the gangs, reportedly escaped prison, where he was jailed for drug smuggling.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Jelly Roll was pardoned by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee last December for his past convictions, including robbery and drug felonies for which he was incarcerated at ages 16 and 23, respectively.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Elizabeth Hinton, a professor of history and law at Yale, said the 2005 cutoff disproportionately affects incarcerated young people who are Black.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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Michael, a character study inspired by a real-life child molester who, in 1998, kidnapped a young girl and kept her captive in a secret room under his garage.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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The mismatched band of captors can’t agree on anything, and thus cannot act; their captive, bound and sedated and locked in a crate, is a nonentity for much of the movie.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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