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verb

Definition of quarantinenext
as in to confine
to keep (a person or animal) away from others to prevent a disease from spreading The hospital quarantined the infected patients. The dog was immediately quarantined.

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quarantine

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noun

as in isolation

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Recent Examples of quarantine
Verb
The department did not say if the person infected is quarantined or how long they have been infected and will not provide any information on them to protect their privacy. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 In theory, there’s still time to quarantine the plane upon landing. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Noun
He is scheduled to arrive at Del Mar Sunday after a 48-hour quarantine. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Schools eventually reopened, but if a kid was exposed to COVID at all, he was sent home to quarantine for days. — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarantine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
  1. confine
  2. isolation
  3. remove
  4. segregation
  5. separate
  6. containment
  7. isolate
  8. seclusion
Verb
  • The success of those releases has demonstrated that these films are no longer confined to cinephile circles.
    — José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026
  • America’s electric vehicle industry is no longer confined to a handful of specialized factories.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of confine
Noun
  • Her LIFTed framework coordinates legal, insurance, financial, and tax planning, closing the gaps between advisors who typically work in isolation.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The audio section handles speech generation, transcription, music, voice changing, voice cloning, isolation, and translation.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolation
Verb
  • Merck and Moderna have several large trials under way in non-small cell lung cancers that have been surgically removed.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond removing the psychological and practical barrier of injections, oral formulations are not reliant on syringes or refrigeration and are cheaper to manufacture.
    — Perdita Nouril, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of remove
Noun
  • That’s because the capital’s segregation isn’t just about security or income, says Teresa García Alcaraz, an architect and researcher who has studied Caracas for more than a decade.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The government made that promise after people with disabilities fought against segregation in institutions, which have a long history of abuse and neglect.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of segregation
Verb
  • This caused the prehistoric Tethys Ocean, which once separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana, to shrink.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Only once that foundation is in place does the more surprising part of Friedman's research become relevant—what separates teams that clear this bar from those that merely limp along.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of separate
Noun
  • The Hawk Fire ballooned to cover more than 10,500 acres by late Saturday, with no containment reported, according to state fire officials.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Irregular has argued that these cases should be distinguished from OpenAI’s sandbox escape, describing the Anthropic and Meta events as an evaluation-environment issue rather than a model breaking out of containment on its own.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of containment
Verb
  • The possibility of being isolated from their congregation can be a concern for Followers because of how much their lives revolve around extended family and church.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For the thousands who remain in the dark and feel isolated, the giveaway helped.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolate
Noun
  • The resort’s minimalist architecture and interiors create a sense of calm, while its quiet and seclusion offer their own form of relaxation.
    — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Every Year After takes place in the small community of Barry’s Bay, so the isolation of a lone cottage is replaced by the seclusion of a little village.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
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