as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner
confined citizens have basic rights under that nation's constitution
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as in restricted
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will confine my remarks to the subject we came here to discuss
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as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison
the accused was confined until the trial could take place
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Recent Examples of confined
Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Given how much of the story takes place in a confined setting, when one character launches themselves across a table to attack another, the moment is breathtaking.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Fire crews quickly confined and extinguished the blaze, however, searchers found three dogs dead, Bosse said.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
That makes the technology attractive for confined environments, such as ships and spacecraft, according to the Institute of Mechanics.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Given how much of the story takes place in a confined setting, when one character launches themselves across a table to attack another, the moment is breathtaking.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
However, discussions about disability representation in publishing are still largely confined to the disability community, rather than being treated as a broader industry concern—mirroring the cultural discomfort with acknowledging disability beyond moments of abstraction or inspiration.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Fire crews quickly confined and extinguished the blaze, however, searchers found three dogs dead, Bosse said.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confined
Adjective
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Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The technique is banned by statute in at least one state and prohibited or restricted to low-speeds by some police agencies.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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By 1982, the species had been restricted to a single population of just 35 individuals at Epping Forest National Park in Queensland.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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He was jailed in January 2021 and moved to an Arctic penal colony in late 2023.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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For example, Yasser Abu Shabab, the now-deceased head of one of the gangs, reportedly escaped prison, where he was jailed for drug smuggling.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Dead Man’s Wire demonstrates the ultimate powerlessness of both captor and captive.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Noa Marciano while she was held captive in Gaza has been eliminated, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Wednesday.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Historically, bond was often granted to those without criminal convictions who were not flight risks, and mandatory detention was limited to recent border crossers.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Water is limited along most portions of the trail, and resupply points are relatively spread out.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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But during the summer between high school and her freshman year at the California Institute of Technology, Ma interned at Livermore, sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day in a fruitless search for new planets somewhere between Saturn and Uranus.—
Frances Stead Sellers,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Jelly Roll was pardoned by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee last December for his past convictions, including robbery and drug felonies for which he was incarcerated at ages 16 and 23, respectively.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Elizabeth Hinton, a professor of history and law at Yale, said the 2005 cutoff disproportionately affects incarcerated young people who are Black.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Confined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confined. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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