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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
he was bored and frustrated by his incarceration in the quarantine
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as in imprisonment
the state of being held in lawful custody
sentenced to six months of incarceration for dealing in narcotics
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Recent Examples of incarceration
Creating the Handgun Intervention Program, which diverts first-time juvenile gun offenders from incarceration, and the Restorative Justice Program to lower recidivism rates.
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Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Fans discovered the information based on a search of his incarceration information, which stated July as his release date.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Amid his parents' incarceration, Chase also announced his separation from ex-fiancée Emily Medders in July 2023 — less than a year after their October 2022 engagement.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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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Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Fans discovered the information based on a search of his incarceration information, which stated July as his release date.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Amid his parents' incarceration, Chase also announced his separation from ex-fiancée Emily Medders in July 2023 — less than a year after their October 2022 engagement.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarceration
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Naama Levy, one of the four female IDF soldiers released from Hamas captivity on Saturday, is speaking out for the first time.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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On their 477th — and last — day of captivity, the four young women, who had been captured in their pajamas, were paraded in soldiers' uniforms before standing on a stage at the head of the square.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang has elicited condemnation from the U.S. and a number of its allies, which accuse the People's Republic of indiscriminately detaining Uyghurs in mass internment camps.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film also recounts how his father paved the way in making films about the Japanese internment camp experience.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Instead, waves of migration over generations would reshape South Florida and U.S. immigration detention policies, with a brain drain also flowing into New York, Canada, and most recently, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Emotional scenes as Palestinian prisoners are released The Israeli prison service confirmed Saturday that 200 Palestinian prisoners had been released from detention facilities as part of the ceasefire and hostage release deal.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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He was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and served eight years in prison.—
Colleen Long,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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People was sentenced to 111 years in prison for robbing banks in Indiana, and had already served more than two decades in prison.—
Luke Garrett,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Incarceration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarceration. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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