quarantining

verb

present participle of quarantine
as in removing
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 Some experts advise vacuuming, steaming or heating furniture, and quarantining it in a garage or storage unit for a few days before bringing it inside the house. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Seven American aid ​workers who had been working in Congo to stop the outbreak are currently quarantining in a facility ​in Kenya. — Reuters, NBC news, 19 July 2026 Defender normally places hard limits on how big a file can be written to disk when scanning and quarantining a machine. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 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. — 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantining
  1. removing
  2. separating
  3. confining
  4. isolating
  5. restricting
  6. restraining
  7. segregating
  8. jailing
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  • That work has included disposing of most of the furniture that was in the building and removing old ceiling tiles as part of abatement efforts, Tomlinson said.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The practice of removing shark fins is banned across the region.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of removing
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  • Set within its own natural lagoon on the southernmost tip of the Raa Atoll, the ocean stretches out as far as the eye can see, with hardly a blip separating sea, horizon, and sky.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
  • A couple years before that, the state began disaggregating data on Asian and Pacific Islanders, by separating Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups.
    — Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of separating
Verb
  • The judge will then determine whether the dogs should be legally designated as dangerous, which could result in strict requirements for confining the dogs or even in dogs being euthanized.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • For much of our history, few options existed between mass institutionalization in expensive and confining facilities on one end of the spectrum, and fully independent living absent any supports on the other end of the spectrum.
    — Barbara Merrill, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of confining
Verb
  • The MagneDrive system uses magnetic induction for silent, high-torque rotation, isolating the platter from motor vibrations and eliminating belts.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • There’s people who are still feeling pretty vulnerable and are isolating in their homes.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolating
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  • In response to such concerns, some states are restricting screen time.
    — Linda Jacobson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The California Department of Industrial Relations has tapped the state’s workers’ compensation fund to pay for internal investigations of its employees, a practice critics say violates state law restricting how that money can be spent.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of restricting
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  • In fact, Tiffany’s record shows little concern for protecting natural resources and local control, or for restraining corporate power.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But Gorsuch also wrote that an individual conference, through its members’ voting, can adopt various rules restraining athletes’ potential compensation as conference members see fit.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of restraining
Verb
  • One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026
  • The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Definition of segregating
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  • New York assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, a democratic socialist, spoke at a rally on Thursday protesting against jailing people who steal items, such as personal care products, as a result of living in poverty.
    — Emily Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • When individuals and institutions have spoken out against policy toward Israel, the president has wielded the power of the state to attack them, withholding funding from universities and deporting and jailing protesters.
    — Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of jailing

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“Quarantining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantining. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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