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Recent Examples of remand
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
Justices can either uphold the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the case or remand it back to the Court of Claims for consideration, which would then mean the legality of Michigan denying workers' compensation wages to undocumented workers who suffer injuries on the job could be debated.
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Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Jomana Karadsheh,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
The defendants were remanded to custody Thursday, but the judge left open the possibility of bail in the future.
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Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The activists have been held on remand – detained without trial or conviction – since their arrests, exceeding the six-month pre-trial custody limit set out by the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales.
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Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
Justices can either uphold the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the case or remand it back to the Court of Claims for consideration, which would then mean the legality of Michigan denying workers' compensation wages to undocumented workers who suffer injuries on the job could be debated.
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Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
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Jomana Karadsheh,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
The defendants were remanded to custody Thursday, but the judge left open the possibility of bail in the future.
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Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remand
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The court allowed the arrest and detention of American citizens of Japanese descent, citing wartime concerns.
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Journalists and government critics frequently face investigation, detention or prosecution.
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Jail records show that Alcin, Martinez, Cobas and Putney were all denied bond and remained jailed at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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Also contentious was last year’s jailing of former Trade Minister Thomas Lembong over sugar import permits a decade ago despite no evidence of personal financial gain.
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In May, they were convicted of first-degree murder, as well as additional charges of confinement, assault with a weapon and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
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Prosecutors in the case argued the one-year sentence is not enough, saying he should have been committed to state prison and received a longer period of confinement.
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Officials confirmed that one person was detained in connection with the shooting, but did not confirm if the woman was the individual taken into custody.
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Asylum seekers are getting detained at routine immigration check-ins, and cases are getting fast-tracked through the system.
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But after his imprisonment, Lilburne’s Proposition became the defining cause of the radical Leveller movement, which subsequently dedicated itself to unlocking all of the revolutionary possibilities lurking in the word equal.
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Badea, who was involved in the conspiracy for less time, was handed eight years’ imprisonment.
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The goal is to eventually close the island to incarcerated individuals in a decarceration plan, replacing it with four other jails in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn.
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Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.
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In the movie Invictus, Nelson Mandela refers to the poem by the same name as something that sustained him during his 27 years of incarceration.
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Layne’s group has pushed county leaders to fund a continuous drug addiction treatment program, expanding access for those who need it both during and after incarceration.
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Traditional entertainment journalists, however, were largely confined to public events and lacked similar direct access, underscoring a significant shift in how studios engage with media and promote their content.
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And for the second straight day, those winners were confined to the two Fantasy 5 drawings.
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“Remand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remand. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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