REMANDED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

remanded

verb

past tense of remand

as in detained

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Kim Aris, the London son of former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said he was allowed a 20-minute phone call from the Nobel Peace Prize winner detained in her native country and who has not been seen publicly in five years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The mayor of the small Central Valley farm town of Kerman pulled up to a bakery, her cellphone camera recording, and confronted federal immigration agents conducting an early-morning operation in which multiple people were detained.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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Taylor, who reportedly bought his aristocratic title on the internet, was jailed for three years for selling a fake painting by the British artist Lowry through auction house Bonhams.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Other Americans, including some with serious illnesses, remain jailed in Russia.

— Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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Buchanan, 72, had been incarcerated since 2004 for kidnapping a convict who was harassing a corrupt prison guard.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Li Nowlin-Sohl, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union who represented the inmates, said the Supreme Court's decision is critical for transgender people who are incarcerated in the federal system.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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And despite Hubbard's release, as many as 20 Americans remain imprisoned in Russia, including some whose families dispute the charges against them.

— Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Elizabeth’s mother Kerrie Struhs was imprisoned in 2019 for child neglect after Elizabeth's undiagnosed diabetes left her close to death.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Tokamaks rely partly on electric currents flowing through the plasma to help keep it confined, while stellarators use complex arrangements of external magnetic coils to create a three-dimensional magnetic field.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
However, the issue of government officials and employees using their access to place bets on prediction markets is not confined to the Pentagon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Agents arrested four people, including the property owner, and arrested a fifth the next day, according to previous Statesman reporting.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
Among the 105 people who were ultimately arrested, 75 are believed to have been deported to their home countries, according to local media, and 26 were released from ICE custody after their lawyers filed habeas corpus petitions.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrested

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French President Emmanuel Macron gave a warning this week that thieves would be apprehended.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
According to the Department of Justice, New was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 7 before being apprehended in Las Vegas on October 13.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

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At the same time, Musk has committed roughly $366 million to the 2026 election cycle across at least 40 races, making the world's richest person the midterms' biggest individual donor so far.

— Luke Fountain,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
After allegedly killing Jett, prosecutors say, Von Ferdinand committed real estate fraud and theft on her estate, including grand theft, identity theft, forgery and filing false documents with losses over $500,000.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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