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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
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 The department did not say if the person infected is quarantined or how long they have been infected and will not provide any information on them to protect their privacy. Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 4 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 Before all that, they were quarantined and given medical exams to establish baseline physical health. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026 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 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
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
  • Authorities confined the fire to the third-floor nursery, but the tragedy exposed questions over fire alarms, equipment and evacuation routes in Pakistan’s overstretched public hospitals.
    Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike the widespread good fortune of Monday’s major money Florida Lottery drawings, Tuesday’s Mega Millions, Jackpot Triple Play and Fantasy 5 luck was confined to one player at one RaceTrac station.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • This logic led to the creation of isolated, segregated areas like Lewis Mountain, designed specifically to keep Black visitors separate from white patrons.
    Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • While gas stations, sandwich shops and lunch counters were not segregated, facilities with larger dining rooms and restrooms were segregated, the sign said.
    Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But Boone removed him from the lineup before the top of the fourth, shifting José Caballero to shortstop and bringing in Amed Rosario to play third base.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That arrest came roughly one-and-a-half-years removed from Cleveland being arrested for DUI.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • Black Americans were struggling against the legacy of Jim Crow, and Abdeen interned with Ernest Goodman, a civil-rights lawyer who was reviving the National Lawyers Guild, a collective of progressive legal professionals.
    Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Beyond the shores of their isolated rock, animals like otters and orcas appear between the waves.
    Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Many of these high-fiber candies use isolated fibers, such as inulin, chicory root, soluble corn fiber, and other prebiotics.
    Amber Raiken, Verywell Health, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The prosecutor general’s office has stopped updating crime data; the Treasury has ceased publishing detailed budget information; and the central bank has restricted disclosure of international reserves.
    Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The GaN-on-silicon structure used by the team restricted the maximum breakdown voltage, meaning different substrates could potentially allow the devices to go even higher.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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“Quarantined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantined. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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