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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 quarantining
Third, the hantavirus outbreak is considered contained, unlike the early spread of COVID; the people most at risk of hantavirus are quarantining and being monitored.
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
In the coming days, some may be able to continue quarantining at home, according to Fitter.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 15 May 2026
Passengers from other countries were already flying home on government planes, where the Netherlands, Britain, Switzerland and France were quarantining citizens and tracing their contacts.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia.
—Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius are encouraged to stay quarantining in Nebraska but stopped short of saying they would be kept at the facility for the full 42-day incubation period.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
An American and a French national who had previously returned home tested positive, the BBC noted, citing authorities, while one person from Spain is quarantining in Madrid after provisionally testing positive for the virus on Monday, the country's health ministry said, per the outlet.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
People whose last exposure was May 10 will be quarantining or monitored until at least June 21, WHO’s Tedros said.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
That meant avoiding close contact with anyone not quarantining alongside them, keeping to just a small circle of colleagues and family members while continuing training activities and reviewing procedures for the upcoming mission.
—Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
In the coming days, some may be able to continue quarantining at home, according to Fitter.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 15 May 2026
Passengers from other countries were already flying home on government planes, where the Netherlands, Britain, Switzerland and France were quarantining citizens and tracing their contacts.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Some of the American passengers on the ship are quarantining in Nebraska and Georgia.
—Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius are encouraged to stay quarantining in Nebraska but stopped short of saying they would be kept at the facility for the full 42-day incubation period.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
An American and a French national who had previously returned home tested positive, the BBC noted, citing authorities, while one person from Spain is quarantining in Madrid after provisionally testing positive for the virus on Monday, the country's health ministry said, per the outlet.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
People whose last exposure was May 10 will be quarantining or monitored until at least June 21, WHO’s Tedros said.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
That meant avoiding close contact with anyone not quarantining alongside them, keeping to just a small circle of colleagues and family members while continuing training activities and reviewing procedures for the upcoming mission.
—Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantining
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The Armorer says that after removing his helmet, he can only be redeemed by bathing in the Living Waters on Mandalore.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Georgia governor has signed a bill that expands the state’s medical cannabis program, easing access to cannabis vapes and removing the THC potency cap.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The event has been criticized as promoting Christian nationalism and obscuring the lines separating church and state.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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The nation’s tradition of separating church and state, however, was not on display.—
Tiffany Stanley,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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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.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
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In past outbreaks of the Andes virus, taking steps such as isolating people who are sick — and asking those who aren’t sick but have been exposed to stay away from others — have brought outbreaks to an end.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Plenty of teams have found joy by isolating Chelsea’s defenders with a long ball over the top and City are not above doing so.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 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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Beyond that, in a TVLine interview, Kripke addressed the criticism that Marie Moreau, the blood-bending supe who can do everything from restraining supes to exploding them to literally raising the dead, was being portrayed as someone who could not take on Homelander.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Today, oil and shipping reporter Weilun Soon says the mayhem in the Persian Gulf doesn’t bode well for both ending the war and restraining crude prices.—
Weilun Soon,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up.—
John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 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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“Quarantining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantining. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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