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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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noun

as in isolation

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Recent Examples of quarantine
Verb
Any livestock infected with new world screwworm are to be quarantined until all wounds heal, according to the UDSA. — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 The National Association of State Health Veterinarians says all unvaccinated dogs and cats exposed to a rabid animal need to be quarantined for four months and vaccinated one month before being released. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Noun
The pair is currently in quarantine and not on display for guests to view. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 As pathologists themselves fell ill or took time away to quarantine, already thin ranks were stretched even further. — Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 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
  • Thea Energy’s approach uses planar superconducting coils that can be manufactured in modules and arranged to create the magnetic field needed to confine plasma.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • In fact, the national average annual cost to confine juveniles securely has increased from approximately $149,000 per year in 2014 (Justice Policy Institute) to over $214,620 per year.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of confine
Noun
  • Across society, loneliness and social isolation continue to rise.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Irritability and low energy and a knife-sharp craving for isolation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of isolation
Verb
  • Less than two weeks after Johnson County Sheriff Adam King’s trial on a witness retaliation charge ended in a hung jury, King’s former chief deputy has filed a petition to remove him from office.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Soon afterward, however, child welfare authorities removed the children from her home after concerns about their living situation.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of remove
Noun
  • Morrison helped lead the racist white supremacy campaign of 1898 that terrorized Black citizens and led to policies of segregation, The Observer previously reported.
    — Chase Jordan July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • Well, thank God the Dodgers broke baseball’s longstanding tradition of segregation long before Roberts, who is Black and Japanese American, was born!
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of segregation
Verb
  • After two-and-a-half minutes, the booster separated from Starship, returning to Earth.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026
  • Resilience, and ample amounts of it, is a necessity, and one way to build this reservoir of resilience is to stop separating health and business.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of separate
Noun
  • In mid-July, an OpenAI model being run through an internal cyber-capability benchmark broke out of its containment, chained together a zero-day exploit and stolen credentials, and compromised Hugging Face's infrastructure.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Operational research teams plan to gather diagnostic measurements concerning plasma dynamics, specifically tracking core plasma temperatures, particle densities, and magnetic containment behaviors during operational cycles.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of containment
Verb
  • Hospitals there were overwhelmed, and many families lacked running water or space to isolate sick relatives.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Instead, isolate it in a separate room—or at least several feet away from other plants—for two to four weeks.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
Definition of isolate
Noun
  • Over the decades, its charming seclusion has attracted a guest list that reportedly includes everyone from Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill to Nicole Kidman and Elton John.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2026
  • Plus, its elevated location lends an air of seclusion and delivers panoramic views of Pollonia.
    — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026
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