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Recent Examples of remand
Simon Perry, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Judge Lauren King of the Western District of Washington granted a motion to remand on Friday filed by Richard Ortoli, the administrator of Paul-Henri Nargeolet's estate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The 8th Circuit remanded the case to the district court, which is expected to issue a final ruling sometime later this year.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The prison, which has a capacity of 454, currently has about 400 female prisoners, both on remand and those already completing their sentences, including those for life.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Judge Lauren King of the Western District of Washington granted a motion to remand on Friday filed by Richard Ortoli, the administrator of Paul-Henri Nargeolet's estate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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All four had been denied bail since being charged and were remanded in custody for nearly two years before the trial kicked off in early 2023.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The 8th Circuit remanded the case to the district court, which is expected to issue a final ruling sometime later this year.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remand
Noun
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He was scheduled to appear at a detention hearing Saturday.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Eleven former Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate denounced the felony charges filed against Rep. LaMonica McIver after her visit to a New Jersey immigrant detention facility earlier this month.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Combs has been jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Donald had also been jailed on weapon possession charges.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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At least nine of the 25 arrested have landed in immigration detention — scattered across the country from a crowded lockup in Miami to a facility in a sleepy Texas railway town to a confinement in a Pacific Northwest port city overlooked by Mount Rainier.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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He was subsequently ordered to home confinement in April 2025.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Deputies have detained the other man for questioning, and Homicide Bureau detectives are investigating the shooting, Colome said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2025
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In the past two decades, Panahi, like many of his countrymen and fellow-artists, has faced continual persecution by the Iranian government: he has been detained and imprisoned, placed under house arrest, forbidden to leave the country, and banned from filmmaking.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Verb
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In the early predawn hours of Friday, May 16, no sheriff's deputy was assigned to the part of the jail where the escaped inmates were incarcerated, and a civilian worker monitoring the area had briefly stepped away to get food, according to the sheriff's office.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
21 May 2025
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But that plan hinges on reducing the number of people incarcerated.—
Justyna Rzewinski,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Poverty is a pretext for surveillance, over-policing and incarceration.—
Rod Adams,
Essence,
25 May 2025
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Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Warren said Friday that the maximum sentence for wire fraud is 20 years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine and three years on supervised release.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
23 May 2025
Verb
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This framework was sustainable—both strategically and politically—as long as the U.S. military retained its dominance in the region, the threat from China was confined, and the potential contributions of U.S. allies were limited to their own self-defense.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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Galaxy Bruce Arena wary of his L.A. return against a Galaxy team ‘due’ for success May 27, 2025 Police in England typically confine information released about suspects to the person’s age and the location of the arrest.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Alice's dinner at the Harrigan house goes south fast, leading to Conrad and Maeve's arrest.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Police reports since 2023 include a call to clear the building, a property damage report, a trespassing arrest and a reported robbery in March.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
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“Remand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remand. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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