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 an owner does not retrieve their vehicle 45 days after the mandatory period of impoundment expires, it will be considered abandoned and its ownership will be granted to Louisville Metro Government.
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Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
Fred Zink’s Mobile Boat Blind Private-land hunters often build permanent blinds on their impoundment, which can be a disadvantage, especially on larger wetlands.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Some were built for recreation, providing large and small water bodies — referred to as impoundments — calmer and safer than the river itself.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
The city has two upstream impoundments, both built during the 1930s as public works projects.
—Kate Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2018
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Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
Fred Zink’s Mobile Boat Blind Private-land hunters often build permanent blinds on their impoundment, which can be a disadvantage, especially on larger wetlands.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Some were built for recreation, providing large and small water bodies — referred to as impoundments — calmer and safer than the river itself.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
The city has two upstream impoundments, both built during the 1930s as public works projects.
—Kate Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoundment
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Pete Travis Timmerman, 29, from Urbana, Mo., emerged after months of captivity in an online video, which some mistakenly believed showed Austin Tice, a journalist who went missing in the country over a decade ago.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday issued a sweeping demand that Israel and Hamas reach a cease-fire agreement and that all hostages be freed from captivity.Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, the United States and Western allies have accused Xi of overseeing widespread human rights abuses, even claims of genocide, against the nation's Uyghurs through the use of mass internment camps, a charge the Chinese leader and his government have vehemently denied.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Their strategy resulted in Trump downplaying China’s crackdown against protesters in Hong Kong, expressing support for its internment camps in Xinjiang, offering to lift export controls on Huawei and ZTE, and even accepting a trade deal that did not address China’s industrial policy practices.Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2024
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Thousands of prisoners have now been freed, many after decades of incarceration in brutal conditions.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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On another wall were carved prisoners’ names, birthplaces and dates of incarceration.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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This means Jaynes is either in a residential reentry center or in home confinement.Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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According to the Miami Herald, Shapiro had been released from prison in 2020 as part of a COVID-era program to move inmates to home confinement.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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