IMPOUNDING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

impounding

verb

present participle of impound

as in confining

to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave impound stray animals

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Recent Examples of impounding The measure also would have required impounding trucks and imposing a $50,000 fine on the vehicles’ owners. — News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026 The county is on track to spend more than $1 million this fiscal year on animal welfare, including the cost of impounding about 1,700 animals. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 5 May 2026 The new dam at Lake Placid started impounding water in February and the lake is now about half full, district board president Robin Dwyer said. — Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2026 The documents state that the Department of Transportation marked the vehicle and issued a citation before impounding it. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026 Last summer, the city also confirmed that since Crow Tow took over vehicle releases from the Police Department, no appeals hearings had been held for anyone unhappy with impounding or the prices the company charges. — Lee Rood, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026 City authorities had started destroying the makeshift homes of people living on the streets and impounding their possessions. — Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026 Most of the north state’s major reservoirs are running well above average for this time of year, with Shasta Lake, the primary federal supply, impounding 72% of capacity — 123% of its historical average — as of Tuesday. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025 The administration has dabbled in impounding funds appropriated by Congress, despite a law barring this. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2025

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If youth teams practiced like the pros, confining full contact to once a week, impacts could fall by more than half, Daneshvar says.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
In December 2025, non-profit Amnesty International wrote in a report that confining men in small cages exposed to the elements could constitute torture under international law.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of confining

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The goal is to reduce violence, get people proper resources, and avoid the cycle of incarcerating people dealing with poverty, addiction, and mental health.

— Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026
Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026

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Doing so would entail repairing cracks that admit water, maintaining the foundations of each section, applying a sealant to slow the weathering process, and keeping the encroachment of vegetation in check.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Brands are making more on paper and keeping less in the bank, squeezed from every side by rising ad costs, tariffs and overhead.

— David Born, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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The conservative-majority Supreme Court has been skeptical of environmental regulations in the past, including in a 2022 decision limiting the EPA's authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The plan includes changes to pension rules, freezing public sector wages and limiting health care costs.

— Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of limiting

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While much of the AI safety debate has centered on losing control of AI, Altman said restricting access to AI too severely in the name of safety could be harmful too.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
The government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who faces a national election next year, responded with emergency measures aimed at restricting evictions, curbing property speculation and giving renters indefinite leases, among other measures.

— Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of restricting

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The country’s remaining detention facilities are severely overcrowded while concerns have been raised about imprisoning gang members in parts of the country not currently under gang control.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Ilham Aliyev continued his father’s dictatorial legacy, imprisoning his critics and enriching his family and cronies, while polishing his country’s image by hosting Formula One events and the Eurovision Song Contest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Definition of imprisoning

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Some Alvernia students are already interning with federal agencies and completing work that requires secret security clearances.

— Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
High school students interning at an observatory in Hawaii have successfully imaged a pair of colliding spiral galaxies located deep within overlapping cultural constellations.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of interning

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Multiple women told police that Weinberg lured them to his home, almost always under the guise of a photo shoot, before restraining and assaulting them.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The incident Sunday involved the top fashion executive forcibly restraining two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and putting his hands over their mouths at the runway show for Cos, a brand owned by H&M.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

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