as in to confine
to keep (a person or animal) away from others to prevent a disease from spreading
The hospital quarantined the infected patients. The dog was immediately quarantined.
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Recent Examples of quarantine
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
At least 153 students from two schools in South Carolina are under quarantine for 21 days due to measles exposures, state health officials announced.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
But the volunteers were eventually successful and now the organization is working on quarantining, neutering and vaccinating the animal.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
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Verb
All three people were hospitalized before being sent home to quarantine and recover, officials said.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
At least 153 students from two schools in South Carolina are under quarantine for 21 days due to measles exposures, state health officials announced.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
In a press conference earlier this week, South Carolina health officials said more than 100 students from Global Academy of South Carolina and Fairforest Elementary are continuing to quarantine at home.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
But the volunteers were eventually successful and now the organization is working on quarantining, neutering and vaccinating the animal.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarantine
Verb
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What was once a taboo activity, confined to the fringes of society, has been completely normalized.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Journalists aren’t confined to one medium anymore.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Limited mobility, social stigma, and inaccessible spaces make isolation and loneliness a common problem.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This combination of isolation, altitude and temperature is what makes the site so scientifically valuable as a training ground for scientists and astronauts — and as a test site for equipment and rovers.—
Rosanna Philpott,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Moore said Wilson passionately advocated for the program over the past decades in Brookfield schools, as segregation can still be prevalent.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Never mind white World War Two soldiers’ relationship to segregation within the army itself, and ensuring that Black veterans couldn’t be entitled to the same VA resources, couldn’t move into the same neighborhoods that white veterans moved into.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The game at Paycom Center was a tight affair, with very little to separate the two teams.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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But during their kiss, police swooped in to clear the crowd and wound up separating McSweeney from her kissing partner.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Joseph’s pass-rush might experience a bit of fatigue after running the same containment game plan two weeks in a row, but this should still be a blowout.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Heavy snow and strong winds could impact major routes, isolate higher-elevation communities, and create hazardous conditions for early-season recreation.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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It was observed in thousands of troops during the Korean War, and the first species of the virus that causes it was isolated in a Korean lab in the Seventies.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If North Island was an ode to solitude and seclusion, Raffles was the exhale — a place where the rhythm of daily life matched the sway of the palms.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the film, former country megastar Misty Jones (Chastain) comes out of seclusion to investigate the disappearance of her missing niece (Faith), a rising country musician, and must grapple with her own past and Nashville’s seedy underbelly.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Quarantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarantine. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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