interning

verb

present participle of intern
as in jailing
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 interning Likewise, taking challenging courses, engaging in summer research, interning in an area of interest, or pursuing an extracurricular activity deeply can all be meaningful endeavors. — Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Simmons, a native of Buffalo, New York, got his start interning for Ani DiFranco, whose Righteous Babe Records was based in town. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026 Pruitt also ran varsity cross-country and track and spent last summer interning for the Henry County Water Authority, tapping into his passion for clean water and the environment. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026 Those formative years interning at the DA’s office sent her on a journey into Big Law, then multimillion-dollar legal entrepreneurship. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026 Arellano joined the brand after interning and working his way into a full-time role, learning production before moving into design. — J.m. Banks march 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026 Cohen got an early jump on his entertainment career while interning for Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch’s Film Rights during high school. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026 The fifth and sixth installments are loosely connected to this seventh film by the presence of the unusually tenacious twins Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown), who are inexplicably interning for Sidney’s longtime frenemy, journalist Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026 Simons also spent her summer interning with the E! — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interning
  1. jailing
  2. imprisoning
  3. incarcerating
  4. confining
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  • Critics say the 12-year rule of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has marked a crackdown on civil society and jailing of political opponents.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
  • Also contentious was last year’s jailing of former Trade Minister Thomas Lembong over sugar import permits a decade ago despite no evidence of personal financial gain.
    — Chandra Asmara, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of jailing
Verb
  • Ilham Aliyev continued his father’s dictatorial legacy, imprisoning his critics and enriching his family and cronies, while polishing his country’s image by hosting Formula One events and the Eurovision Song Contest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • The turn of events prompt the narrator to re-examine his life as a gay Latine son of immigrants whose hometown is now imprisoning people like him.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Definition of imprisoning
Verb
  • The goal is to reduce violence, get people proper resources, and avoid the cycle of incarcerating people dealing with poverty, addiction, and mental health.
    — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026
  • Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of incarcerating
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  • Color, line, and texture all play important roles in making a small garden feel expansive and inviting or confining and cramped.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The dragging chains had worn away all soft earth and grass, confining the dogs to circles of hard dirt.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of confining

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