as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic
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Recent Examples of impoundment If there is a CR (continuing resolution), impoundment is likely going to get on the table as a mechanism to get to the PBR. —
Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The purpose of the meeting was to brief the staffers on the center’s latest policy fight — an attempt to build the case for the use of impoundment. —Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025 Under the law, the move was known as an impoundment. —Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 The costs of impoundment and any outstanding fines must be paid before getting the vehicle back. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impoundment
Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The purpose of the meeting was to brief the staffers on the center’s latest policy fight — an attempt to build the case for the use of impoundment. —Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025 Under the law, the move was known as an impoundment. —Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 The costs of impoundment and any outstanding fines must be paid before getting the vehicle back. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impoundment
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Neukgu, born in captivity in 2024, is part of a breeding program to bring up the numbers of the Korean wolf, which is considered extinct in the wild.— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Kids — and even adults — plied me with questions about what happened during those three long days of captivity.— Midsi Sanchez, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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Though ostracized in their time, people who resisted internment are now seen as civil-rights pioneers.— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown in Xinjiang starting in 2017, sweeping a million or more Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other predominantly Muslim ethnicities into prisons and internment camps.— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
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At one point, early in his incarceration, Maduro seems to have been kept in a unit designed for solitary confinement, as is often the case for inmates of his status.— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
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Facing a brutal system throughout her incarceration – compounded by her transgender identity and HIV-positive diagnosis – Dee taught herself the law from within the prison library, working to fight an unjust system for herself and others.— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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Further out, a cemetery monument stands in honor of the 150 people who died at the camp during their imprisonment.— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
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The government did not specify the nature of the alternative measures, a term that in Venezuela’s legal system can include a range of restrictions short of full imprisonment.— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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Suhail pleaded not guilty on Wednesday and was released on $5 million bond, ordered to remain on home confinement.— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Colette, Mark Twain, and William Wordsworth all wrote habitually from bed, for reasons having to do with infirmity, comfort, and warding off distraction; Frida Kahlo painted self-portraits from bed, including the dreams that transcended her physical confinement.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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