confine

The only way to maintain a precise technical meaning for this term would be to confine its use to a largely relevant group of insiders.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

"Together, they efficiently confine and enhance the twisting of light to create a strong coupling of spin between photons and electrons. This stabilizes the quantum state that makes quantum communication possible."

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

The Dodgers have said closer Edwin Díaz is expected to return from elbow surgery sometime after the All-Star break, which would confine that time frame to two weeks, if that.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

I feel sure the Homeowners Association will require you to confine that nonsense to your garage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Combine and define confine + ment.—What other part of speech than a verb is "confine"? Ans.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

But what was it doing in New York City, far from the confines of the rural areas to which I had assumed it was limited?

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

WSJLI: Are there other things that you’ve done, sort of outside the confines of your day-to-day job, to help reach your goal?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Often, it’s trauma that changes us, that pushes us past the confines of what we know to be righteous and toward something cruel and unusual — a picture of ourselves that looks unfamiliar.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Your performance across the whole arc of the game doesn't matter as much as having a signature moment that'll play well, that'll reverberate in the viral confines of social media," Serazio said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Eventually I broke through the emerald confines of the forest and found the rocky shore again.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Defense officials watched as Iran took advantage of the fighting pause to drop dozens of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, though they were confined to a small area of the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

That's a confined space, but his step count will have been stratospheric.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

No 16-year-old should be so strictly confined to a routine that prevents them from actually living their life.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

When the traditional IRA was created in 1975, lawmakers confined the accounts to middle- and working-class households without access to company pensions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Will it always be confined and untrustworthy like it feels today?

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Scientists wanted to determine whether confining water to spaces just billionths of a meter across changes how readily this splitting occurs.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

In light of the academic fascination with diversity, Matthew Avery Sutton’s “Chosen Land” is noteworthy for confining its attention to Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Oh, and there’s a giant hole in the ceiling of her apartment, confining her to a hotel room while her landlord drags his feet to get it fixed.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

The Yurok reservation was established by the federal government in 1855, confining the tribe to an area that covered only a tiny fraction of their ancestral territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

In church when she knelt, in the yard when she beat rugs, beneath the peach tree when she picked fruit, Desdemona’s feminine elaborations escaped the constraints of her drab, confining clothes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides