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interned

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verb

past tense of intern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interned
Verb
  • He was imprisoned for nearly 18 years.
    Dan Slepian, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Iranians seized our embassy in Teheran and imprisoned diplomats for over a year.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Before the campaign season even began, Maduro’s government had jailed more than 15,000 politicians, protesters, activists, and journalists, subjecting an unknown number to torture.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Branch said violations could lead her to revoke Nutley's bond, and she would be jailed until the case is resolved.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The city became the headquarters of a campaign of death and abuse, which included public executions, videotaped decapitations of foreign hostages, and slave auctions of captive Yazidi girls and women.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • And the large captive population offers females more options.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the two years between his arrest and conviction, Wedding was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • He was was incarcerated at the time after being sentenced in 2009 to 19 years to life for his second-degree murder conviction in the 2003 shooting of Barbarian Queen actress Lana Clarkson.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Interned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interned. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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