confinement
noun
con·fine·ment
kən-ˈfīn-mənt 
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The dog was kept in confinement until it was determined to be healthy.
He remained with his wife during her confinement.
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Some of those actions don’t fall under the CRA, including Biden’s sweeping order to grant clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans released from prison and placed on home confinement during the pandemic.
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Last week, Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardoned 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
—Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024
His citation recognized his seminal leadership in inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics, outstanding contributions to national security, and visionary leadership of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at the end of the Cold War.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Last week, Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardoned 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
—Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024
His citation recognized his seminal leadership in inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics, outstanding contributions to national security, and visionary leadership of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at the end of the Cold War.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confinement. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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confinement
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