confine
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Reducing their size caused them to lose their ability to confine light.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
The sun’s mass makes it a gravity-powered fusion reactor, but on Earth, scientists need other ways to create plasma—a superheated, electrically charged gas—and confine it to force atoms to collide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
"There's nobody out here to watch over you or help you or confine you. You're kind of on your own," Glaser said.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Furthermore, we’re going to confine those categories very narrowly.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
Steep terrain, persistent cloud cover, malaria, and risk of drought at lower elevations confine New Guinea highland agriculture to elevations above about 4,000 feet.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing confine
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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