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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
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.
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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
But the volunteers were eventually successful and now the organization is working on quarantining, neutering and vaccinating the animal.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
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
But the volunteers were eventually successful and now the organization is working on quarantining, neutering and vaccinating the animal.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantining
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Snapp, the drug policy researcher, insists that Mexico’s ban is a setback by removing a safer alternative to cigarettes.—
María Verza,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Pacaso manages everything, with scheduling and other logistics handled through the company’s proprietary platform, removing the friction—and the trust gap—that often comes with private exchanges.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2026
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Stars themselves can generate strong radio bursts, and separating planetary effects from stellar activity requires follow-up observations.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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The same grounds crew in charge of the field for the Super Bowl installed the Pro Bowl’s playing turf, a thin layer of infill separating it from the concrete convention center floor.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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This pattern will suppress widespread snowfall, confining wintry weather mainly to the Great Lakes, the Northeast, and higher mountain elevations.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Dec. 2025
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Previously, the concept of corralling — confining entities — had been demonstrated only for photons and electrons; this is the first time it has been achieved with atoms.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Dec. 2025
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If Vegas represented a prosocial form of betting, every technological trend seems hellbent on moving us in the opposite direction, largely by offering ever more warped, addictive, and isolating versions of the casino for our phones.—
Jasper Craven,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Find your people Motherhood can be isolating.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2026
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The wait had little impact, however, because of numerous delays by the federal government in restricting access to airplanes and other federally secure areas.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
1 Feb. 2026
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Designed to drape effortlessly, the modal-spandex blend feels sumptuous and not at all restricting.—
Cheryl Wagemann,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
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Deputies Christian Anderson, Zachary Dalton, Christopher Bearss, Kristin Harris and Miguel Espinoza were involved in restraining Camacho.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Last week, videos ricocheted across social media showing federal immigration agents restraining a man inside a Walmart in Minnesota and detaining individuals at the entrance of a Target.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 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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The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Maduro clamped down on dissent, jailing hundreds of activists, ordering government forces to fire on protesters and triggering another exodus of migrants.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Symbolic political prisoner releases bring hope The Chavismo movement has been accused of jailing political prisoners for decades and holding them in the infamous Helicoide prison, controlled by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN).—
Flora Charner,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Quarantining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantining. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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