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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
some wild animals take to confinement very poorly
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as in restriction
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries
the confinement of commercial development to one stretch of roadway is intended to help preserve the town's rural character
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Recent Examples of confinement
Even if confinement is achieved, the task of harnessing the energy remains daunting.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
This means Jaynes is either in a residential reentry center or in home confinement.
—Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
According to the Miami Herald, Shapiro had been released from prison in 2020 as part of a COVID-era program to move inmates to home confinement.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 Dec. 2024
The fate of those who were moved to home confinement during the pandemic, when covid was spreading rapidly through jails and prisons, has been of particular concern to activists in recent weeks.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
This means Jaynes is either in a residential reentry center or in home confinement.
—Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
According to the Miami Herald, Shapiro had been released from prison in 2020 as part of a COVID-era program to move inmates to home confinement.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 Dec. 2024
The fate of those who were moved to home confinement during the pandemic, when covid was spreading rapidly through jails and prisons, has been of particular concern to activists in recent weeks.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: 4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species In Ethiopia, a 4-foot-long snake known as Broadley’s African house snake was identified as a new species after being kept in captivity for years.Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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Amir Levy / Getty Images Seven U.S. citizens remain in Hamas' captivity, with three confirmed to be dead in addition to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, whose body was recovered last year by Israeli forces.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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According to data provided by the MSA, there were eight temporary flight restriction violations and unauthorized drone flights during the five Ravens regular-season games of the 2024-25 season.Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
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More than a dozen countries have such restrictions in place, including Australia, Canada, China, Japan and the United Kingdom.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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My Documents Kevin Nguyen Penguin Random House, April As another Trump administration kicks into gear, there may be no better, or scarier, work to consider than Kevin Nguyen’s second novel, which sees the U.S. government set up internment camps for Vietnamese Americans.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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The cafe has been Asian-owned since it was founded in 1951 by a Japanese American couple, Paul and Kitty Kawakami, who had been confined to a U.S. internment camp out in California during World War II, even though they were born in the U.S., according to the Star archives.Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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Heavy Metals Found in Chocolate: Study Sheds Light on Lead, Cadmium in Some Products Criticism of the Report The report has limitations, however.Korin Miller, Health, 14 Jan. 2025
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Gracey makes an effort to innovate in several other ways, navigating around the musical genre’s visual conventions and limitations.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Since the program's inception in 1996, less than 3 percent of RTA members have returned to prison—a sharp contrast to the roughly 40 percent that return to prison within three years—underscoring the potential of art in breaking cycles of incarceration.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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His research is focused on the effects of incarceration and looking at ways to preserve the dignity of those who, like himself, have been impacted by the criminal justice system.Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, Zeeb was sentenced to four years in prison in one of the country's largest cannabis cases.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Violators could face fines or serve up to five years in prison.Victoria Knight, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confinement. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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