confine

Example Sentences

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Until this week, it seemed that to avoid even the appearance of repeating the war in Iraq, the U.S. would confine its operation to air and naval actions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Furthermore, we’re going to confine those categories very narrowly.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

The best hope for the Fed, then, is to get inflation low and confine annual price increases to a stable and narrow range.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

This amorphous metal is highly unstable and exists only as long as the stationary atoms continue to confine it.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025

If you move often and lack vehicles or draft animals, you confine your possessions to babies, weapons, and a bare minimum of other absolute necessities small enough to carry.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond