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
The story is based on Tokuda-Hall’s grandparents, who met at the library in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
The law has been used just three times: in the War of 1812, World War I, and, infamously, in World War II to imprison Japanese-Americans in internment camps — a shameful chapter in our history.
—Juan Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
The Afterlife Is Letting Go, Brandon Shimoda’s book about how survivors and descendants of the United States’ Japanese internment camps try to keep their families’ histories alive, is also a look at the brutal system of migrant detention that continues to this day.
—Francisco Cantú, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s a permanent collection of over 60,000 artifacts and the exhibitions are impressively disparate: Shows examine everything from the cultural legacy of Hello Kitty to WWII-era Japanese internment camps.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 1 May 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
The law has been used just three times: in the War of 1812, World War I, and, infamously, in World War II to imprison Japanese-Americans in internment camps — a shameful chapter in our history.
—Juan Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
The Afterlife Is Letting Go, Brandon Shimoda’s book about how survivors and descendants of the United States’ Japanese internment camps try to keep their families’ histories alive, is also a look at the brutal system of migrant detention that continues to this day.
—Francisco Cantú, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s a permanent collection of over 60,000 artifacts and the exhibitions are impressively disparate: Shows examine everything from the cultural legacy of Hello Kitty to WWII-era Japanese internment camps.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for internment
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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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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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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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Most recently, under a new law in Tennessee, local officials who vote to adopt sanctuary policies could face up to six years in prison.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Both face felony charges and over six years in prison.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internment. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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