1
as in to restrict
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will confine my remarks to the subject we came here to discuss
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2
as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the accused was confined until the trial could take place
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as in scope
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Recent Examples of confine
Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Designed to hold 40,000 inmates, including mass murderers and drug traffickers, prisoners are confined in large, windowless cages with minimal furnishings of tiered metal bunks, an open toilet, and a cement basin.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania, posted the clip of Sadie the dog looking crestfallen within the confines of a kennel.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Verb
And disco culture did not confine itself to the dance floor: Disco launched trends in fashion for men and women.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Designed to hold 40,000 inmates, including mass murderers and drug traffickers, prisoners are confined in large, windowless cages with minimal furnishings of tiered metal bunks, an open toilet, and a cement basin.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
Poulter played eccentric video game designer Colin Ritman, a character with a compelling sense of self-grandiosity who imagined himself to exist outside the confines of space and time.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania, posted the clip of Sadie the dog looking crestfallen within the confines of a kennel.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confine
Verb
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Since the protests a year ago, the university has heavily restricted campus access, drawing a lawsuit from neighbors in Manhattan who say Columbia is violating city and state laws permitting a passageway through campus.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Some eat fewer carbs to lose weight, while others restrict their carbs to improve blood sugar levels.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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Weinstein, who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 2024, had been imprisoned on Rikers Island.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
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While the Trump administration called the deportees sent to El Salvador terrorists, criminals and gangsters, a 60 Minutes investigation could not find criminal records for 75% of the 238 Venezuelan men imprisoned at CECOT as part of the March 15 operation.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This identifies patterns in scope, team composition, timelines and customer feedback to reveal success or failure predictors.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Last year, for example, the mission team shifted the scope into one-gyro mode after yet another of the devices failed.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But Kessler only said the informant had identified Abrego Garcia as a gang member, and her decision was limited to the question of whether to release him from custody.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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From elsewhere The immigrant families jailed in Texas [New Yorker] My former colleague Jack Herrera reports that under the Trump administration, ICE is jailing families who have lived in the U.S. for years and is sending them to Texas.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Under the new Trump Administration, ICE is jailing not just families encountered at the border but also families who have been here for years.—
Jack Herrera,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Strategic partnerships with talent agencies WME and CAA bolster its reach.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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China is expanding its military reach and presence across the Western Pacific Ocean in an attempt to challenge America's naval dominance in the region.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The protests signal the extent of public alarm over some of Trump's executive actions and cuts to federal government.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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There, McVeigh was booked and saw on TV the extent of the devastation.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Perez was an extra-bases machine in the Royals’ doubleheader sweep of the Rockies at Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, the UFC's brass decided to cut ties with Alexander and three others in the latest roster sweep.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Confine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confine. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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