Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remanding
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Decades of studies have found that in many cases, incarcerating juveniles is counterproductive, in part because these young offenders have higher rates of rearrest than those who are diverted from prison.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026 -
The announcement came as the House Rules Committee was considering resolutions to hold the Clintons in criminal contempt, which could have potentially led to the government imposing penalties and incarcerating them.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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While the event has typically been held across all of Lakeview Park — one of Nampa’s largest public spaces — the city has adopted a new policy confining large events to the park’s northern side.—
Matan Josephy,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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The clip posted by the White House begins with footage of a protest against ICE operations before cutting to a montage of agents handcuffing and detaining people.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
2 Dec. 2025
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Later, according to reports, federal agents emerged from the garage and assisted the NYPD in detaining protesters.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
30 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s very recent and brutal crackdown on its own people — imprisoning and killing thousands of citizens for dissent — has not been met with the same outrage by these voices.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Happily, there’s more to it than a simplistic feminist parable of a powerful man imprisoning his helpless wife in a monument to his genius and her domesticity.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2026
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In 1960, Jones was recruited to be part of the legal team that successfully defended King against tax evasion charges brought by the state of Alabama, which critics said were an attempt to decapitate the Civil Rights Movement by jailing its leader.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
26 May 2026
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Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Trump’s interest in antitrust enforcement predictably has little to do with restraining corporate power and is largely consumed with leveraging regulatory threats to compel firms to support his political agenda.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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Beyond that, in a TVLine interview, Kripke addressed the criticism that Marie Moreau, the blood-bending supe who can do everything from restraining supes to exploding them to literally raising the dead, was being portrayed as someone who could not take on Homelander.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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But the coalition doesn’t have the money on hand yet to feel comfortable committing to paying it back.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2025
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Strength is acknowledging pain, asking for help and committing to recovery.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
6 July 2025
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The Cameroon international is worth holding one more week, for Bournemouth at home, having got on the scoresheet last time out.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Researchers had believed that the material holding the thorium needed to be transparent so laser light could pass through and excite its nucleus.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Remanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remanding. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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