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lockdown

noun as in solitary confinement

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During COVID, I lived in New York City and every day for three months from the very first day of the lockdown, I went out and I walked.

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One last point he makes is the personal savings rate soared during lockdowns, as key costs like childcare and commuting vanished.

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This next module, expected to last until just before Christmas, will examine the unprecedented economic intervention rolled out when the first lockdown was announced in March 2020.

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Baroness Hallet said Welsh ministers had failed to take "decisive action" against an "entirely foreseeable" Covid variant resulting in the lockdown.

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In particular, it will consider the timing and effectiveness of the approach to lockdown and the closure of businesses and schools.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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