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remanding

verb

present participle of remand
as in incarcerating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remanding
  1. incarcerating
  2. confining
  3. detaining
  4. imprisoning
  5. jailing
  6. restraining
  7. committing
  8. holding
Verb
  • The goal is to reduce violence, get people proper resources, and avoid the cycle of incarcerating people dealing with poverty, addiction, and mental health.
    — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026
  • Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of incarcerating
Verb
  • If acquitted for lack of criminal responsibility, Clancy would then face a potentially indefinite series of commitment orders confining her to a secure state mental health facility.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Frustrated with the confining nature of Japanese society, Kusama left for New York in 1957.
    — Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of confining
Verb
  • Police surrounded the demonstrators outside the Caglayan courthouse before detaining them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Nearly 500 federal, state and local officers descended on the sprawling plant, detaining 475 workers, mostly South Koreans.
    — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of detaining
Verb
  • The country’s remaining detention facilities are severely overcrowded while concerns have been raised about imprisoning gang members in parts of the country not currently under gang control.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Ilham Aliyev continued his father’s dictatorial legacy, imprisoning his critics and enriching his family and cronies, while polishing his country’s image by hosting Formula One events and the Eurovision Song Contest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of imprisoning
Verb
  • BigXthaPlug's Grandstand show at the Iowa State Fair went on despite his arrest and jailing in Texas.
    — Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 22 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of jailing
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  • Video from Citizen App showed another person trying to keep the pit bull away and then a police officer restraining the dog with a snare pole, leading it away as first responders attended to the victim.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Appropriately so, given the placid recent range and the clockwork mechanics of sector rotation and low-correlation restraining index-level volatility.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of restraining
Verb
  • Eliminate all doubt and all potential for committing a violation by using a side-by-side or over/under double barrel.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In finance, investing means committing money now, expecting the original amount plus a return later.
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of committing
Verb
  • Unidentified armed federal officers used unmarked rental vehicles to detain people and took some to holding cells in the federal courthouse without explaining what agency held them or why.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Some were already set up in the street, grouped together holding banners and signs for the events.
    — Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of holding
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“Remanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remanding. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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