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as in limiting
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 imprisoning
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 confining
It’s made clear that the chief antagonist is Philip, who starts off by griping that Madeleine isn’t confining herself to her half of the suite.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Mullin said local governments would be reimbursed for confining suspects.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The requirement to add wheels adds costs and can limit where these homes are allowed, often confining them to mobile home parks under local zoning rules.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Kaine stressed that Democrats want to fund the other agencies at DHS, while confining the ongoing negotiations to the immigration enforcement agencies.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
By confining the gases, internal pressure is increased far beyond what would occur if the material burned in open air, resulting in an explosion.
—Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Mullin said local governments would be reimbursed for confining suspects.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The requirement to add wheels adds costs and can limit where these homes are allowed, often confining them to mobile home parks under local zoning rules.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Kaine stressed that Democrats want to fund the other agencies at DHS, while confining the ongoing negotiations to the immigration enforcement agencies.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
By confining the gases, internal pressure is increased far beyond what would occur if the material burned in open air, resulting in an explosion.
—Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confining
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Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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The problem is that all the various strands — the parallel tales — dilute our access to the characters, limiting their dimensions.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s very recent and brutal crackdown on its own people — imprisoning and killing thousands of citizens for dissent — has not been met with the same outrage by these voices.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Happily, there’s more to it than a simplistic feminist parable of a powerful man imprisoning his helpless wife in a monument to his genius and her domesticity.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2026
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The United States has already demonstrated this with export controls on advanced chips, restricting which nations can develop certain AI capabilities.—
David Liberman,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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The feature, introduced in late 2025, prevents mobile networks from pinpointing exact street addresses, instead restricting location data to a broader neighborhood.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The city has 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 Apr. 2026
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The government shut off the internet, and the military and police cracked down, eventually extinguishing the protests and jailing more than 1,400.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Those formative years interning at the DA’s office sent her on a journey into Big Law, then multimillion-dollar legal entrepreneurship.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Arellano joined the brand after interning and working his way into a full-time role, learning production before moving into design.—
J.M. Banks
March 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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“Confining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confining. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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