as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history
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Recent Examples of internment
Site of World War II internment camp to be used to detain immigrants.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
In a presentation given in 2019 and preserved in transcript on the National Park Service website, Rakoczy named Fort Bliss alongside Crystal City, Seagoville, Kenedy and Dodd Field as the sites for internment camps.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The show will follow this British resistance across six episodes from first kills and internal betrayals to propaganda campaigns, internment camps, and a climactic political assassination.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
From first kills and internal betrayals to propaganda campaigns, internment camps, and a climactic political assassination, this is a story about how freedom is taken and how it can be won back.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
In a presentation given in 2019 and preserved in transcript on the National Park Service website, Rakoczy named Fort Bliss alongside Crystal City, Seagoville, Kenedy and Dodd Field as the sites for internment camps.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The show will follow this British resistance across six episodes from first kills and internal betrayals to propaganda campaigns, internment camps, and a climactic political assassination.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
From first kills and internal betrayals to propaganda campaigns, internment camps, and a climactic political assassination, this is a story about how freedom is taken and how it can be won back.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for internment
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Rescuers are waiting to hear back from wildlife officials on the next steps for the newborns, who may not be able to go into the wild after living in captivity.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Sep. 2025
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At his request, his appearance was not announced in advance so the focus could remain on Omer Shem Tov’s spiritual journey during captivity.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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Since their incarceration during the Japanese Internment, my grandfather, his sister, and their mother have processed this trauma in ways that have affected my mother and me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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He was sentenced to four years’ probation and 30 days of shock incarceration.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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Still grieving the death of his wife and the imprisonment of his son, Brandis binges on booze but possesses a sharp and intuitive mind, even if his family life is in disarray.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The two men care for each other amidst the squalid conditions of their imprisonment in 1970s Argentina.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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He was released to home confinement and his trial was set for June 1, 2026.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The team managed to achieve a steady-state H-mode plasma at temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius (180 million degrees Fahrenheit), which is a high-confinement regime essential for practical energy input.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Scott was convicted of murder and sent to prison.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Barr was attorney general when Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in 2019, a death that was later deemed a suicide.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internment. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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