- present tense form of confine (3rd person singular).
confines
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The room, the house, even the clothes people wore within those confines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The “Taxi Driver” star, who was born and raised in Manhattan, where he lived primarily in the Little Italy neighborhood, has since expanded his property footprint well beyond the confines of the city.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In the close confines of the chamber, with ranks of Labour members behind him, Burnham will finally come face to face with his political opponents.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Building on her fame, in the mid-’70s Parton decided to reinvent herself by reaching beyond the confines of country music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Eventually I broke through the emerald confines of the forest and found the rocky shore again.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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