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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 quarantining
Raff said that the odds are low the screwworm will end up in North Carolina, but monitoring and quarantining infected animals is essential to stop a spread.
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Eva Flowe
june 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
For now, officials will be relying on restricting imports of livestock from infested areas and quarantining cattle.
—Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The passengers had been quarantining in Nebraska since leaving the ship May 10.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 2 June 2026
On Friday, the New York State Department of Health said two New Yorkers who were quarantining in Nebraska are returning to the state this week.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
His wife and four children are quarantining in Germany, and another doctor is quarantining in the Czech Republic.
—Sara G. Miller, NBC news, 28 May 2026
Third, the hantavirus outbreak is considered contained, unlike the early spread of COVID; the people most at risk of hantavirus are quarantining and being monitored.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
In the coming days, some may be able to continue quarantining at home, according to Fitter.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 15 May 2026
Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia.
—Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
Eva Flowe
june 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
For now, officials will be relying on restricting imports of livestock from infested areas and quarantining cattle.
—Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The passengers had been quarantining in Nebraska since leaving the ship May 10.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 2 June 2026
On Friday, the New York State Department of Health said two New Yorkers who were quarantining in Nebraska are returning to the state this week.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
His wife and four children are quarantining in Germany, and another doctor is quarantining in the Czech Republic.
—Sara G. Miller, NBC news, 28 May 2026
Third, the hantavirus outbreak is considered contained, unlike the early spread of COVID; the people most at risk of hantavirus are quarantining and being monitored.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
In the coming days, some may be able to continue quarantining at home, according to Fitter.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 15 May 2026
Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia.
—Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantining
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Crews are focusing on the 15 feet along the roadsides, trimming trees that are still alive to help prevent fire from laddering into the crowns and removing dead trees.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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In fact, according to Rakestraw, one of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is assuming the babies have been abandoned and removing them immediately.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
Verb
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The challenge for investors is separating technical pressure from fundamental weakness.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The Grammy-winning rapper, 41, filed for divorce from his podcaster wife, 46, on May 18 after separating May 9, according to a divorce filing obtained and reviewed by the USA TODAY Network on June 15.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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While the event has typically been held across all of Lakeview Park — one of Nampa’s largest public spaces — the city has adopted a new policy confining large events to the park’s northern side.—
Matan Josephy,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said isolating Crimea is a key military objective as Kyiv seeks to weaken Russia’s hold on the peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Behind the scenes, Spatial Hearing AI listens to the 3D acoustic environment and maps the soundscape, isolating each source and distinguishing between multiple speakers, so that devices can respond adaptively, guided by the context of their surroundings.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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France is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and canceling some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave unfurling across parts of Europe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 June 2026
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In the United States, at least 19 states have already passed laws restricting minors’ access to social media platforms — with eight states enacting outright bans or parental consent requirements.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Verb
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With Sanders in front, still restraining the alligator with the catch pole, Pelosi came up behind it and tossed a rag over its eyes, the video showed.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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The system generated $189 million in revenue last year and over $2 billion total since the sale, according to a recent audit, all while severely restraining the city’s ability to make major road changes that remove parking spots and as parking costs rise.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up.—
John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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The city has said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Quarantining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantining. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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