REMANDING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

remanding

verb

present participle of remand

as in incarcerating

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Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026

Definition of incarcerating

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Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
The requirement to add wheels increases costs and can limit where these homes are allowed, due to zoning restrictions, often confining them to mobile home parks.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

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The community response team was named in honor of an Antioch man who died in December 2020, after experiencing a medical emergency while Antioch officers were detaining him during a mental health crisis.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Local officials said police continued to search the home after detaining Ciarre and then found Nateal dead, according to Fox 5.

— Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of detaining

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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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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
Officials have said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Definition of jailing

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The pilot was then notified and the area surrounding Noble was cleared of passengers so that other flight attendants could assist in restraining him.

— Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
With Sanders in front, still restraining the alligator with the catch pole, Pelosi came up behind it and tossed a rag over its eyes, the video showed.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026

Definition of restraining

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Kane went from penalty scorer to committing a foul that led to a Mexico penalty, kicking the leg of Brian Gutiérrez while trying to clear the ball.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Drop Shots 😱 A player in the girls’ singles was disqualified from her match after committing a cardinal Wimbledon sin.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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The surprise delivery of the banner came in response to the national team’s gratitude after holding several practices at KU’s Rock Chalk Park during its June 8-30 stay.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Burial postponed due to war Burials are meant to be conducted within a day of death in Islam, but because of the risks of holding a big funeral during the war it was postponed until after last month's interim truce deal was agreed.

— Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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