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quarantined

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verb

past tense of quarantine

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quarantined
Adjective
To move warm-blooded animals outside of a quarantined area, the animal must be inspected and treated as required by the TAHC and issued a permit or certificate for movement by a TAHC representative. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 8 June 2026 Grismer said the result of such quarantined conditions is the development of species that exist only there, at times inside of just a single cave. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 The quarantined products include 4-packs of Genova Yellowfin Tuna in Olive Oil and single cans of Genova Yellowfin Tuna in Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Sea Salt, both of which were recalled back in February 2025 after the company’s supplier flagged a manufacturing defect on the pull tab. — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026 The quarantined students were not vaccinated, officials added. — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
But clearly, his decision didn’t stick, and in 2020, the pair quarantined together during the pandemic, a revelation that arose when eagle-eyed fans noticed their social media content had identical backgrounds. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 To prepare for their big move, the bears quarantined for a month, research base officials said. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 They will be quarantined for about a month in a biosecure area of the wildlife park's new giant panda complex. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Polansky, an entrepreneur and Harvard University graduate, quarantined with Gaga at her Malibu home during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Thirty years after Scotland was violently quarantined to contain a plague, a military team led by Rhona Mitra’s Major Eden Sinclair is sent to look for a cure. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 Any plant with an obvious infestation should be treated and quarantined rather than placed alongside your healthy houseplants. — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026 Four days into the seven-day cruise, my wife came down with Type A flu and was quarantined in our small, windowless cabin. — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantined
Adjective
  • In this tense, uneasy landscape, a separated couple, Natalie and Asher, reunite to take their child, Logan, on a trip to tour colleges in both territories.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Held at Henry and Stacey Winkler‘s home, the event highlighted the organization co-founded by Reinis, which focuses on separated families in border cities.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Other victims testified that they were confined in a windowless room under the floorboards of Said's office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Kari was confined to a wheelchair and had to have her gall bladder removed.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Years ago, drone operators worked in segregated corridors to monitor their own aircraft.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In 1947, Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, yet by 1955, Little League in the South remained segregated.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Abascal was removed from the building on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance before she was driven away from the neighborhood.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
  • The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Peyton Stewart was a 21-year-old international business major who grew up with her sister in Westwood, New Jersey, studied abroad in London and interned at TikTok.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Johnson hired a young Ossoff as a staffer on the recommendation of the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights icon Ossoff interned for and considered a mentor.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The other islands will likely get a few inches of rain with isolated flooding possible.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The war has severely restricted energy shipments out of the Middle East, sending oil prices soaring and raising concerns about accelerating inflation globally.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Quarantined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantined. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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