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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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Recent Examples of quarantined
Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The quarantined students were not vaccinated, officials added.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Thirteen players were quarantined at the athletes’ village after being either stricken by or exposed to the virus.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Those exposed to infected people have been quarantined, health officials say, including many from elementary schools.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
An additional three schools have reported exposures but have not yet determined how many students need to be quarantined.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Most of these children were born during the pandemic and spent much of their infancy quarantined indoors, their earliest socialization filtered through the blue light of tablets and television, Aguet said.
—Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Roughly 700 cases have been reported with 485 people quarantined.
—Christopher O'Donnell, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
But then Gu quarantined for a few weeks after the Games in the nearly deserted Olympic village.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
More than 400 people in Spartanburg County have caught the measles since October and at least 200 people are currently quarantined, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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
Ohio quarantined for spotted lanternfly.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Thirteen players were quarantined at the athletes’ village after being either stricken by or exposed to the virus.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Those exposed to infected people have been quarantined, health officials say, including many from elementary schools.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
An additional three schools have reported exposures but have not yet determined how many students need to be quarantined.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Most of these children were born during the pandemic and spent much of their infancy quarantined indoors, their earliest socialization filtered through the blue light of tablets and television, Aguet said.
—Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Roughly 700 cases have been reported with 485 people quarantined.
—Christopher O'Donnell, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
But then Gu quarantined for a few weeks after the Games in the nearly deserted Olympic village.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
More than 400 people in Spartanburg County have caught the measles since October and at least 200 people are currently quarantined, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantined
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Finally, Rotterdam’s Youth Jury Award went to Ah Girl by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, about a young girl caught in a war between her separated parents.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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Channing Tatum has undergone surgery for a separated shoulder.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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The night’s highlights for the Aztecs were largely confined to the closing minutes of the first half, when, with 6-6 Tae Simmons playing the 5 with four guards, the Aztecs went on a 14-3 run that gave them a 33-29 lead at the break.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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His girlfriend, a 31-year-old woman identified only by her last name, Arroyo, told police the couple was tied up and confined to a small room while two men made off with valuables from the residence and their car, a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, Surfer Magazine reported.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jackson joined the local Congress of Racial Equality chapter in Greensboro and participated in local protests and sit-ins against segregated public facilities.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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My grandfather was in the Borinqueneers, a segregated and highly decorated Army unit.—
Lara N. Dotson-Renta,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Kamara was removed from the post late last year, accused by the environment minister of failing to address the encroachment.—
ED DAVEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Duplicates in which the same defendants had separate cases before a magistrate judge and a district judge were removed.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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But during the summer between high school and her freshman year at the California Institute of Technology, Ma interned at Livermore, sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day in a fruitless search for new planets somewhere between Saturn and Uranus.—
Frances Stead Sellers,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Tuesday may see some isolated flurries early and partly sunny skies during the day, reaching a high in the low 40s, forecasts show.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Light rain was predicted for the Sacramento region starting Sunday morning ahead of a low pressure system coming ashore in the evening that was expected to bring heavier rain, isolated thunderstorms, wind and heavy snow.—
Emilie Stigliani,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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And despite the huge crowds on earlier days, the CEOs of OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic delivered their remarks to a more than half-empty hall on Thursday, after entry to the venue was restricted at short notice, apparently for security reasons.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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Israel restricted the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the West Bank to 10,000 on Friday, and allowed only men over 55 and women over 50 as well as children up to 12.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Quarantined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantined. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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