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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
In a statement, Bis claimed medical staff were quarantining all detainees that may have come into contact with those infected.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
The four crew members are quarantining at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to avoid contracting any illnesses that would jeopardize a launch.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
The rest of Europe has given up on the virulent disease, quarantining the infected to the British Isles and leaving them to stain England’s green and pleasant land blood red.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
The family of six, quarantining together at home, watched Easter mass from their living room.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
That mission is complicated by the army quarantining the entire class, including Miss Harris, on a base in the center of Hawkins, resulting in an epic showdown between Will and Vecna that ends on a cliffhanger.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Nov. 2025
The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the Kiss guitar tech who died from Covid-19 while quarantining on the band’s End of the Road World Tour in 2021 ended Wednesday with an official dismissal by the court.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
Of the 16 cases in the state, five are people who were exposed in school settings and have been quarantining at home over the past few days, according to South Carolina health officials.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Laura Romero, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
The four crew members are quarantining at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to avoid contracting any illnesses that would jeopardize a launch.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
The rest of Europe has given up on the virulent disease, quarantining the infected to the British Isles and leaving them to stain England’s green and pleasant land blood red.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
The family of six, quarantining together at home, watched Easter mass from their living room.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
That mission is complicated by the army quarantining the entire class, including Miss Harris, on a base in the center of Hawkins, resulting in an epic showdown between Will and Vecna that ends on a cliffhanger.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Nov. 2025
The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the Kiss guitar tech who died from Covid-19 while quarantining on the band’s End of the Road World Tour in 2021 ended Wednesday with an official dismissal by the court.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
Of the 16 cases in the state, five are people who were exposed in school settings and have been quarantining at home over the past few days, according to South Carolina health officials.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantining
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But with Friday’s 131-113 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Bulls were officially eliminated from postseason contention, removing the last sliver of competition from the final two-week stretch of the season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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While action has been quick in removing Chávez’s name, there has been plenty of debate on how best to move forward.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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One thing to keep in mind is that the bathrooms are open-concept, flowing into the bedroom and living area with no door separating the sink/vanity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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And the optimization discipline to match it —Agentic Web Optimization — is already separating winners from the rest.—
Aviv Shamny,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.—
Alvaro Vargas Llosa,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sam Di Scipio, vice president, corporate communications, giving and volunteerism at Macy’s, said the model demonstrates a larger effort to align social impact with everyday retail interactions, rather than isolating it as a separate initiative.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Hopeful that speaking openly might make this disease a little less isolating for someone newly diagnosed, and for myself.—
Todd Weissman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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South Korea, dependent on energy imports, is restricting the use of cars by public employees and has reinstated fuel price caps that had been dropped in the 1990s.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which supports restricting immigration, estimates that temporary visitors gave birth to about 70,000 babies in 2023.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2026
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The officers are not seen physically restraining her, but appear to form a barrier between the crowd and ICE agents.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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On Sunday, a video appearing to show immigration agents restraining a crying woman in front of her child at San Francisco International Airport circulated on social media platforms.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Enemark said San Diego County had a history of planning and land-use decisions that had a role in racially segregating the region.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Another investigation was initiated the following year by the commission after Givens was accused of presiding over two criminal cases after she’d been recused, jailing a man in one case and revoking bond from another.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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When Iranians elected a reformist president, Mohammed Khatami, in 1997, Khamenei hamstrung him by jailing cabinet ministers and shuttering friendly newspapers.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Mar. 2026
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