REMANDING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

remanding

verb

present participle of remand

as in incarcerating

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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

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Color, line, and texture all play important roles in making a small garden feel expansive and inviting or confining and cramped.

— Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
The dragging chains had worn away all soft earth and grass, confining the dogs to circles of hard dirt.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

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The turn of events prompt the narrator to re-examine his life as a gay Latine son of immigrants whose hometown is now imprisoning people like him.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.

— Nathan Ellgren, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

Definition of imprisoning

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Critics say the 12-year rule of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has marked a crackdown on civil society and jailing of political opponents.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
Also contentious was last year’s jailing of former Trade Minister Thomas Lembong over sugar import permits a decade ago despite no evidence of personal financial gain.

— Chandra Asmara, Fortune, 30 June 2026

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In the Character Wheel, the eleven dimensions are integrated, each activating and restraining the others.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The videos showed multiple players restraining the 15-year-old victim while another of the juvenile suspects poked him with a broomstick.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of restraining

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Jones is accused of committing nine offenses against the man, including kissing him multiple times without consent and touching the man’s genitals while the man was driving.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Dalke earned significant media attention as a young golf prospect, committing to a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma at the age of 12.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of committing

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After a terse exchange with one of the museum’s curators, Killmonger and his collaborators smash a case holding a weapon made from Wakanda’s vibranium before jetting off with it.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
Sacramento County Health Inspectors cited a Fair Oaks Thai restaurant after discovering several foods, including eggs and raw meat, were held out of proper holding temperatures.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 31, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

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