Thesaurus / confine
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For starters, more people will probably watch the game within the confines of their homes.
HOW CBS WILL EXPAND SUPER BOWL STREAMING VIEWERSHIP THIS YEARTIM PETERSONFEBRUARY 1, 2021DIGIDAYFrom his confines in a Melbourne hotel room, the world’s 70th-ranked men’s tennis player is staging a clinic on the sport’s mental game.
A TENNIS PLAYER HAS TURNED HIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARANTINE INTO A PARTY OF ONELIZ CLARKEJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTDue to close confines, too many deaths among inmates and correction officers have occurred nationally, and family and friend visitations are canceled.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: SEND A LETTER TO YOUR FUTURE SELFHELOISE HELOISEJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe trick is still mostly experimental, but it’s an example of thinking outside the artificial confines of a particular AI domain.
2021 COULD BE A BANNER YEAR FOR AI—IF WE SOLVE THESE 4 PROBLEMSSHELLY FANJANUARY 5, 2021SINGULARITY HUB Experts in psychology and decision-making say hostility toward wearing masks, even within the shared confines of a passenger jet, has been fueled by politicization — but also by skewed incentives and inconsistent messaging.
SNEEZED ON, CUSSED AT, IGNORED: AIRLINE WORKERS BATTLE MASK RESISTANCE WITH SCANT GOVERNMENT BACKUPMICHAEL LARISJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWith the stop in Atlanta over, we got underway again, and for the first time, I began to feel the confines of the room.
ABOARD AMTRAK’S CRESCENT, SURPRISING COMFORT AND WELCOME SECLUSION ON A SLOW TRAIN TO MISSISSIPPISCOTT BUTTERWORTHJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMiss Gould will confine her lectures this week in English to the discussion of plays and play-making.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONNo third mode of origin can be conceived, and we may safely confine ourselves to a review of these two claims.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRISIf he confine that slave in his house, and afterwards the slave has been seized in his hand, that man shall be put to death.
THE OLDEST CODE OF LAWS IN THE WORLDHAMMURABI, KING OF BABYLONSo, we will name no chemicals or poisons but confine ourselves to effects and processes.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO CONFINE
- adjourns
- arrests
- bars
- bide time
- blocks
- checks
- chokes
- clogs
- confines
- curbs
- dawdles
- defers
- detains
- deters
- dilly-dallies
- discourages
- drags
- encumbers
- filibusters
- gains time
- hampers
- holds
- holds over
- impedes
- inhibits
- interferes
- intermits
- keeps
- keeps back
- lags
- lies over
- lingers
- loiters
- obstructs
- postpones
- prevents
- procrastinates
- prolongs
- prorogues
- protracts
- puts off
- remands
- represses
- restricts
- retards
- shelves
- slackens
- stalls
- staves off
- stays
- suspends
- tables
- tarries
- temporizes
- withholds
- block off
- blockade
- bound
- box up
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- close in
- confine
- coop
- corral
- cover
- encase
- encircle
- encompass
- enfold
- enshroud
- environ
- fence
- fence off
- hedge
- hem in
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- insert
- intern
- jail
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- mew
- mure
- pen
- restrict
- set apart
- shut in
- veil
- wall in
- wrap
- binds
- blockades
- blocks off
- box up
- cages
- circles
- circumscribes
- close in
- confines
- coops
- corrals
- covers
- encases
- encircles
- encompasses
- enfolds
- enshrouds
- environs
- fence off
- fences
- hedges
- hem in
- imbues
- immures
- implants
- impounds
- imprisons
- includes
- inducts
- inserts
- interns
- jails
- limits
- locks in
- locks up
- mews
- mures
- pens
- restricts
- sets apart
- shuts in
- veils
- wall in
- wraps
- bind
- capture
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- coerce
- compel
- confine
- deprive
- disenfranchise
- disfranchise
- dominate
- enchain
- enclose
- enthrall
- fetter
- get hooks into
- hobble
- hold
- immure
- imprison
- incarcerate
- indenture
- jail
- keep under thumb
- oppress
- put in irons
- reduce
- restrain
- restrict
- secure
- shackle
- shut in
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- suppress
- tether
- tie
- yoke
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