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confinement

[kuhn-fahyn-muhnt] / kənˈfaɪn mənt /


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William Maxwell, who has been incarcerated for over a decade and says he is entitled to be transferred to a halfway house or home confinement, worked from a prison library in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The new agreement between theory and experiment has immediate relevance for inertial confinement fusion research.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

He noted that she'd already spent 15 months in solitary confinement at the time of her sentencing.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The judge erred in finding there was a substantial chance Patterson would be held in solitary confinement for years to come, and this "infected" his decision, the prosecution argued.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Even hearing my mom say those words makes this trailer feel less like solitary confinement.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Bursting through the confinements of movie logic, “It Ends” untrains audiences out of their certainty that every crisis has a solution.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

He added the trust had recruited 75 nurses and healthcare support workers since the report was written, improved training, communication with deaf patients and reduced daytime confinements.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2024

Given the typically short confinements in the juvenile system, they added, how could that have any greater effect?

From Washington Post Feb. 22, 2022

He told reporters confinements and other consequences of surging infection numbers were worrying, but "should not lead to an increase in inflation, on the contrary".

From Reuters Dec. 20, 2021

Mother had her first half-dozen babies at home, instead of in hospitals, because she liked to run the house and help Dad with his work, even during the confinements.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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