as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic
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Recent Examples of impoundment
Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which forbade future impoundments with only narrow exceptions.
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Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Several challenges to the act and executive impoundment have come through the courts, including the 1998 Supreme Court case Clinton v. City of New York that challenged President Clinton's use of a line-item veto to cut funding, the courts have ruled against executive impoundments.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
But the White House is also not ruling out using what's known as impoundment to overrule Congress' spending decisions.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 May 2025
Krogan cited multiple examples of the Nixon administration losing impoundment cases before the passage of the Impoundment Control Act to support his claim.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
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Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Several challenges to the act and executive impoundment have come through the courts, including the 1998 Supreme Court case Clinton v. City of New York that challenged President Clinton's use of a line-item veto to cut funding, the courts have ruled against executive impoundments.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
But the White House is also not ruling out using what's known as impoundment to overrule Congress' spending decisions.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 May 2025
Krogan cited multiple examples of the Nixon administration losing impoundment cases before the passage of the Impoundment Control Act to support his claim.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoundment
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The war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas terrorist group staged a widespread ambush in Israel, killing 1,200 people, including children, and taking 251 hostages, with about 20 still held in captivity.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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More recently, a 75-year-old man was killed by a cassowary at an exotic animal breeding farm in Florida, where the bird was being kept in captivity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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In 1940, the barracks became an internment camp for Italian suspects, later used as a prisoner of war camp under the German occupation.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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China detained more than 1 million Uyghurs in internment camps from 2017 to 2019 in the name of fighting extremism.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Smith's journey from incarceration to entrepreneurship and advocacy serves as a testament to the power of redemption and the impact one individual can have on systemic change.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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An analysis of the data reveals the sheer scale of youth incarceration in adult jails in Maryland.—
Rachel Baye,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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Nice wasn't able to get in to see Gomes da Silva until the fifth day of his confinement.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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In their sentencing filing Friday, Madigan’s attorneys asked U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey for a period of probation with some home confinement, citing Madigan’s age, his long record of public service and reputation for honesty and integrity.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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