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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
Following the Hugging Face incident, the company also quarantined its internal model prototype. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026 When poultry test positive for this strain of bird flu, all nearby farms are quarantined and tested for the virus. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026 The ministry said that 134 of 135 contacts of the original patient have been traced and quarantined and the risk to the general public remains low. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 The property has been quarantined to restrict the movement of poultry and poultry products, and the birds there were depopulated to prevent the disease from spreading. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Infected flocks are quarantined, and usually the birds are destroyed. — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 At the same time, Russian authorities have reportedly quarantined as many as 200 people, which public-health experts say would be an unusual response to an isolated case of pneumonia. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 At least one hospital has reportedly been quarantined, contacts have been identified and monitored, and senior public health officials have been sent to the region. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026 According to local reports, some 200 people have been put under medical observation, or quarantined, in the Siberian area of Irkutsk. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantined
Adjective
  • Davis suffered a separated shoulder early in the game versus Fairleigh-Dickinson and underwent surgery Wednesday.
    — Steve Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Plans also incorporate a 10-foot-wide paved side path along the school side of the corridor, providing a separated walking and biking trail.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Why are boys diagnosed around three to four times as often as girls, when the genes associated with autism aren’t confined to either group?
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Born with spina bifida and confined to a wheelchair after his father was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, Turek is a four-time Paralympian and two-time gold medalist in wheelchair basketball.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • And now there is reporting that the chancellor’s plan to desegregate our very segregated schools has stalled, and that city payments to childcare providers are so low that many are closing — while the system is supposed to be expanding.
    — Ciara Jackson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The 28-year-old Dominican national is allegedly being held in a segregated unit at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, as federal prosecutors seek to remove him from the country, according to the petition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • If he is removed from office, Vice President Pedro Alliana would be sworn in.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Multiple independent sources tell CBS California Investigates that the two consultants at the center of our reporting have been removed from the project and are no longer billing under the KPMG contract.
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 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
  • Meanwhile, more than 2,000 Jews from Radun and neighboring villages were interned in a ghetto; most were killed by the Germans and local police.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Thai has interned at The Boston Globe, the Des Moines Register and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and her reporting has been published in dozens of newspapers across the country.
    — Talia Buford, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • That could unlock more opportunities to deploy Digit 5 beyond the confines of isolated work cells within warehouses and factories, said Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer at Agility, in a previous conversation with Ars.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches from slow-moving overnight storms were reported across parts of North Georgia, with over 8 inches in isolated spots.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Texas lawmakers have also restricted Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives in public schools, as well as colleges and universities while under Republican leadership.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026
  • During the first 12 weeks, those in the intervention group followed a supervised diet that restricted calorie intake to 800 to 900 calories daily.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Quarantined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantined. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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