confine
Example Sentences
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The harsh environment would confine people to domes or underground shelters, where boredom and isolation would be real dangers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
A single event like this, which has already happened once in recorded history, could severely damage global satellite infrastructure and confine humanity to Earth for the foreseeable future.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
Furthermore, we’re going to confine those categories very narrowly.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
The best hope for the Fed, then, is to get inflation low and confine annual price increases to a stable and narrow range.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
“Obviously those who can’t confine themselves to a particular way of thinking would be most likely to leave a faction or fail its initiation, right?”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing confine
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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