confine
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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
A single event like this, which has already happened once in recorded history, could severely damage global satellite infrastructure and confine humanity to Earth for the foreseeable future.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
Furthermore, we’re going to confine those categories very narrowly.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
“From 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 six days in the week, I shall confine myself to my old medical works and other college studies including stenography, French and German.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing confine
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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