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remand

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verb

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Recent Examples of remand
Noun
The activists have been held on remand – detained without trial or conviction – since their arrests, exceeding the six-month pre-trial custody limit set out by the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales. Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026 Justices can either uphold the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the case or remand it back to the Court of Claims for consideration, which would then mean the legality of Michigan denying workers' compensation wages to undocumented workers who suffer injuries on the job could be debated. Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
Reversed and remanded in part with instructions; modified in part. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026 That case bounced to federal court before it was remanded back to Puerto Rico’s court system, where a final resolution is still pending. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for remand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remand
Noun
  • Dalila Santiago, a close friend and leader in López’s movement, said after rampant impunity in Honduras, Fúnez’s detention came as a shock.
    Marlon González, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Taylor denied medical care, food during detention For the first time, Taylor described conditions inside the Stewart Detention Center in his own words.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Benson may not remain jailed for long.
    Brian Maass, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • As dissidents are detained, journalists jailed, and freedom of expression extinguished, lawyers are often the last line of defense.
    Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • She likely won’t be sentenced until fall (possibly close to the general election) but will — again, just a likely here — at best face home confinement and at worst more than three years in prison.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
  • Taylor also mentioned harsh conditions during Chkhikvishvili's nearly yearlong confinement in Moldova, where he was arrested in 2024 on an international warrant, according to his letter to the judge.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • When troopers tried to pull them apart, the lawmaker refused to let go, leading officers to attempt to detain him as well.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • For months, thousands have been detained there in inhumane conditions without meaningful due process–while wasting millions of taxpayer dollars.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • This personal and profound odyssey follows basketball star Brittney Griner from her playing career and harrowing imprisonment in Russia through the extraordinary geopolitical battle to secure her freedom.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • The Chinese natives are currently incarcerated at the Ventura County Main Jail and the Todd Road Jail, respectively, and face up to four years’ imprisonment followed by two years of probation.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • The lawsuit paints a picture of dangerous gaps in pregnancy and postpartum care that advocates say loom over those incarcerated in Alabama, which leads the nation in pregnancy criminalization cases.
    Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • The Chinese natives are currently incarcerated at the Ventura County Main Jail and the Todd Road Jail, respectively, and face up to four years’ imprisonment followed by two years of probation.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The Alternative Programs offers no-cash-bail alternatives to incarceration for youth and adult non-violent offenders in South Florida.
    Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Such families are common in Appalachia, where poverty and incarceration rates are high, and the effects of the opioid crisis linger across successive generations.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • When that early foundation is delayed or inconsistent, the effects don’t stay confined to those first years.
    Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • What Britain is experiencing, rising antisemitic violence, normalized hostility, and ongoing debates over ideology and enforcement, is no longer confined overseas.
    Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026

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“Remand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remand. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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