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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
The family, who had been living in DRC since 2021, was evacuated to Berlin, Germany, where Stafford was quarantined and treated in hospital. Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Zach Raff, an assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics at NC State, previously told the Observer the parasite poses low risk to North Carolina as long as infected animals are quarantined. Eva Flowe july 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026 Spanish citizens will be quarantined, and people from other countries will be sent home. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Here's a look at where Texas cases stand as state and federal officials have quarantined 21 counties to prevent the spread of the screwworm. Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Feliks is now in a zoo in northern Serbia where he must be quarantined for 21 days. ABC News, 30 June 2026 During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pair also quarantined together with their adult children. Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 21 June 2026 When the world quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanter brought a little bit of normalcy by recording game introductions for the 2020 playoffs as LeBron James and the Lakers brought home the franchise's 17th NBA championship. Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantined
Adjective
  • Black Pride Colorado Organizers say the world feels so separated, and pride will be used to keep everyone together.
    Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The separated explants, though, got busy dismantling parts of themselves that were no longer useful.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The financial-support trend isn’t confined to the youngest adults.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • As satellite arrays became larger and more efficient, and electronics more sophisticated, orbital nuclear power systems were largely confined to exploration missions to the outer Solar System by the 1990s.
    David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Mosier Valley community was promised Mosier Valley Park in 2014, to be built on what was the site of the segregated Mosier Valley School.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • Historically in Chicago, parent fundraising has been a story of have versus have-not schools, a dynamic threatening to drive deeper inequity in a segregated district.
    Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Blake Snell — who also had loose bodies removed from his pitching elbow, undergoing a NanoNeedle Scope procedure on May 19 — threw two simulated innings to batters Saturday.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Lime and hard-water deposits can be removed by soaking all the parts in warm white vinegar for a few hours.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 July 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
  • One of our young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, interned at a company in their risk management department.
    Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Truell, a New York City native, interned at Google, while Sanger, a member of MIT’s squash team, interned at Bridgewater Associates.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Think of this effect as a slow simmer that builds with each exposure to the sun, rather than a single isolated event.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Effective July 1, borrowing is restricted to $20,500 annually, with a $100,000 cap.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Expansion slowed after Pope Francis significantly restricted the Traditional Latin Mass in 2021.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

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“Quarantined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantined. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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