confine

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The sun’s mass makes it a gravity-powered fusion reactor, but on Earth, scientists need other ways to create plasma—a superheated, electrically charged gas—and confine it to force atoms to collide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Instead of trapping light inside solid matter, they confine it within subwavelength air cavities etched into a material with a very high refractive index.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

"There's nobody out here to watch over you or help you or confine you. You're kind of on your own," Glaser said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Furthermore, we’re going to confine those categories very narrowly.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

“From 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 six days in the week, I shall confine myself to my old medical works and other college studies including stenography, French and German.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson