the joint

noun

US slang
: prison
five years in the joint

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To satisfy federal and state requirements to offset the filling of the coal pier channel, the joint venture plans to excavate 19 acres of land along the Jones Creek side of Sparrows Point, converting it to open water and wetlands. Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025 External rotation is a clockwise circular pattern at the joint. Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025 Experts say the joint format signals a recognition that European involvement is necessary to move talks forward. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 The two-night Buffering event began the evening prior inside Torrance High’s auditorium to debut the joint memoir, Slayers Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On, written by Russo and Youngs. Zena Tsarfin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the joint

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“The joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20joint. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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