as in to confine
to keep (a person or animal) away from others to prevent a disease from spreading
The hospital quarantined the infected patients. The dog was immediately quarantined.
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Recent Examples of quarantine
Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Moore and Bruce Willis quarantined together with their daughters in their family home in Idaho, along with Willis’ second wife, Emma Heming, and Willis and Heming’s two young daughters.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Like its industry brethren, IKEA boomed at the beginning of the pandemic as quarantines and work-from-home arrangements encouraged home interior makeovers.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Verb
Now, a recent outbreak in one North Dakota county has led local health officials to quarantine nearly 200 unvaccinated students.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Moore and Bruce Willis quarantined together with their daughters in their family home in Idaho, along with Willis’ second wife, Emma Heming, and Willis and Heming’s two young daughters.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
The birds that survived were taken to a U.S. Department of Agriculture quarantine facility, according to prosecutors.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Like its industry brethren, IKEA boomed at the beginning of the pandemic as quarantines and work-from-home arrangements encouraged home interior makeovers.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
Verb
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Having expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve those confined to their homes and working remotely, the industry has been shedding jobs month by month.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
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Also, should rebuilding Black communities be confined to those who have been involved with the criminal justice system?—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Headspace extraction allows for the analysis and isolation of specific molecules so they can be dialled up or down accordingly.—
Stephanie Hirschmiller,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The ideology driving that choice traps people in addiction, isolation, and despair.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Backstage at Georgie’s Alibi Monkey Bar, a popular LGBTQ club in Wilton Manors, Jacob Smith carefully removed his gravity-defying, bejeweled blonde wig and light pink costume.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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If the Parliamentarian determines a provision in a bill violates the Byrd Rule, the provision must be removed from the bill unless the Senators vote to waive the rule—that requires 60 votes, instead of the lower 51 vote majority allowed for reconciliation.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Specifically, in what’s known as a founder effect, a small subset of the surviving population branched off to form its own colony, increasing the segregation of fall-spawning and spring-spawning sturgeon.—
Benjamin Cassidy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The white minority in South Africa established and perpetuated a culture of apartheid in South Africa for over 40 years until the early 1990s, resulting in systematic oppression, political domination, segregation and discrimination against the predominantly Black population.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Venice is made up of 118 islands separated by canals and connected by more than 400 bridges.—
Shayla Martin,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2025
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The twin prime conjecture states that there are infinitely many twin primes—prime numbers that are separated by a value of two.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
16 June 2025
Noun
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There is currently no information on the containment of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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Beijing has been expanding its military reach and presence beyond the First Island Chain, a U.S. containment strategy formed by Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Crews isolated hotspots and began mop-up operations, while additional resources arrived to relieve initial attack personnel.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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By design, being caught up in the flood of horrible news can feel incredibly isolating, and protests are one way to combat that.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
Noun
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When Bloodlines begins, she’s lived in seclusion for years, having doomed her descendants by cheating death herself.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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Photo : Joe Kravetz for Laurel & Grand Old-growth trees surround the home and add to the sense of seclusion.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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“Quarantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantine. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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