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noun

Definition of remandnext
as in detention

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verb

as in to jail

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Recent Examples of remand
Noun
Farber granted the prosecution’s request for remand and scheduled Hernandez’s next court date for July 22. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026 The trial is among the last of several such major cases, with Chow, the former vice chair of the group, held on remand for more than 1,500 days after being denied bail. — Reuters, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 The defendants were remanded to custody Thursday, but the judge left open the possibility of bail in the future. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for remand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remand
  1. detention
  2. jail
  3. confinement
  4. detain
  5. imprisonment
  6. incarcerate
  7. incarceration
  8. confine
Noun
  • Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters as the government faced international criticism over police violence and arbitrary detentions of demonstrators.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Advocates say the delays leave people waiting in prisonlike detention facilities.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of detention
Verb
  • The move means the pair will remain jailed during what could be a monthslong extradition process.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024, former transport minister Subramaniam Iswaran was jailed for accepting more than $300,000 in gifts while in office.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of jail
Noun
  • The sheriff's office's drone was used to assist in checking the approximately 28-acre property and helped identify old kennel and animal-confinement areas.
    — River Valley Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Creativity actually lives most powerfully when there is some confinement, some restriction.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of confinement
Verb
  • On Sunday, Turkish authorities cracked down on multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals, detaining dozens of members, breaking into association offices and raiding popular hangouts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Authorities detained at least 26 people in Istanbul and 21 in Ankara over the weekend and raided the offices of several LGBTQ+ associations.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of detain
Noun
  • Indecent exposure to a minor under the age of 15 is also a Class 6 felony, resulting in a Class 6 felony as well, which is a far more serious crime resulting in imprisonment in state or federal prison.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • During her imprisonment, Stötzer refused to leave the GDR for West Germany under the Häftlingsfreikauf program, which offered ransoms for political prisoners.
    — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprisonment
Verb
  • Immigrants are also incarcerated at lower rates, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But they cannot be criminally charged or incarcerated for possession.
    — Karyn Sporer, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of incarcerate
Noun
  • That, and the at-arm’s-length care of the staff (who are sometimes comedically cold), makes existence within the ward feel like a close cousin to incarceration.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • For generations, the women sustain a world of warmth and care amid what Fleetwood calls a family curse, as the men’s lives are beset by mass incarceration and rampant gun violence.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of incarceration
Verb
  • We are steeped in relativism, as confined by our narratives as the murderers are confined by theirs.
    — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The Allies, in turn, brought home methods of coercion that had previously been largely confined to their empires.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
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“Remand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remand. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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