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
Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Coppola interned with Chanel in the summer of 1986, and her youngest Cosima followed in her footsteps by interning with the house this summer.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps less known, but likely no less significant, some 700 Japanese Americans were briefly interned here during World War II.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
From January 2015 until August 2016, Cawthorn interned for Meadows.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
In fact, many of the technical experts working on eVTOL in the Bay Area either previously worked at or interned in the NASA or Army rotorcraft R&D groups at Moffett Field.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
At just 19, Baker interned at 610 Magnolia in Old Louisville under celebrity chef Edward Lee and worked her way up to sous chef.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
At first, Herman Allen was sent to be interned in the northern part of the country.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Coppola interned with Chanel in the summer of 1986, and her youngest Cosima followed in her footsteps by interning with the house this summer.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps less known, but likely no less significant, some 700 Japanese Americans were briefly interned here during World War II.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
From January 2015 until August 2016, Cawthorn interned for Meadows.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
In fact, many of the technical experts working on eVTOL in the Bay Area either previously worked at or interned in the NASA or Army rotorcraft R&D groups at Moffett Field.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
At just 19, Baker interned at 610 Magnolia in Old Louisville under celebrity chef Edward Lee and worked her way up to sous chef.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
At first, Herman Allen was sent to be interned in the northern part of the country.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
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Fonzi’s second directorial outing tells the gripping story of Julieta, a young woman imprisoned after suffering a miscarriage, and Soledad Deza (portrayed by Fonzi herself), the courageous lawyer who dares to fight for justice in this deeply controversial and high-stakes case.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s second term started out sunnier for Grenell, who played a key role in bringing back several Americans imprisoned in the country and sought to help negotiate deportation flights.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sandeen had an initial hearing Friday on the Ramsey County charges and remained jailed on $100,000 bail.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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These days, she gets paid to perform those same songs three days a week for tourists in Honolulu’s Iolani Palace in the imprisonment room where Queen Liliʻuokalani was jailed 130 years ago.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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The story centers on Mina, a 35-year-old psychiatrist trained in Germany who returns to Kurdistan to work at a mental health clinic treating survivors of war, including Yazidi women once held captive by ISIS.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Burnt out and fed up with her untameable class of 10-year-olds, Maria tussles with an increasingly naughty student, Danny (played wonderfully by young newcomer Eddie Waller), and makes a rash decision to keep him captive in her basement.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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New to valley fever Typically, those most at risk are people exposed to soil when it's disturbed ‒ farmworkers, construction workers and prison inmates incarcerated in arid, remote areas.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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Mauthe has two sons, ages 6 and 8, and a husband, who is currently incarcerated, according to CBS Pittsburgh.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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