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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
His wife and four children are quarantining in Germany, and another doctor is quarantining in the Czech Republic.
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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
Passengers from other countries were already flying home on government planes, where the Netherlands, Britain, Switzerland and France were quarantining citizens and tracing their contacts.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia.
—Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius are encouraged to stay quarantining in Nebraska but stopped short of saying they would be kept at the facility for the full 42-day incubation period.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
An American and a French national who had previously returned home tested positive, the BBC noted, citing authorities, while one person from Spain is quarantining in Madrid after provisionally testing positive for the virus on Monday, the country's health ministry said, per the outlet.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
People whose last exposure was May 10 will be quarantining or monitored until at least June 21, WHO’s Tedros said.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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
Passengers from other countries were already flying home on government planes, where the Netherlands, Britain, Switzerland and France were quarantining citizens and tracing their contacts.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia.
—Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius are encouraged to stay quarantining in Nebraska but stopped short of saying they would be kept at the facility for the full 42-day incubation period.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
An American and a French national who had previously returned home tested positive, the BBC noted, citing authorities, while one person from Spain is quarantining in Madrid after provisionally testing positive for the virus on Monday, the country's health ministry said, per the outlet.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
People whose last exposure was May 10 will be quarantining or monitored until at least June 21, WHO’s Tedros said.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantining
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This is done by cutting back the growing tip of the trunk (called the central leader) during the first winter after planting and selectively removing side branches.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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Some gardeners control the infestation by cutting the plants back or even removing them.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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The security perimeter kept demonstrators at a distance from the facility, with barricades and checkpoints separating roughly 100 protesters from the detention center.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Historical memory is hugely helpful in separating false promises from sincere innovation, and that should make living legends ideal for steadying progress.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Cages were originally for holding birds or other animals, and then, by extension, for confining and punishing humans.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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It’s made clear that the chief antagonist is Philip, who starts off by griping that Madeleine isn’t confining herself to her half of the suite.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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For transgender and nonbinary students, the problem can be even more isolating when products are unavailable in all-gender bathrooms.—
Gale Brewer,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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These nanoparticles act like tiny chemical magnets, specifically isolating lithium from the rest of the ocean minerals.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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Another line of mitigation focuses on restricting access to models without guardrails.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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In fact, when several states passed laws restricting police quotas, the rate at which state highway patrol officers issued citations actually went up, according to Edwards’ recent analysis.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Trump’s interest in antitrust enforcement predictably has little to do with restraining corporate power and is largely consumed with leveraging regulatory threats to compel firms to support his political agenda.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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Two men were sentenced to years in prison after pleading guilty to felony second-degree kidnapping for luring a man to the Eagle Foothills on an offer of a photography shoot, but then tasing, restraining and beating him last fall.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 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 4 Jun. 2026.
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