internment
noun
in·tern·ment
in-ˈtərn-mənt 
ˈin-ˌtərn-
plural internments
: the act of interning someone or the state of being interned
His parents had never told him about the exclusion laws, or the internment of Japanese-Americans, and the subject had not come up in his textbooks.—
Timothy Egan
Timothy EganEven in the midst of betrayal and the resulting alienation experienced in the internment, there exists the unnegotiable state of human bonds and possibility for reconciliation.—Fumitaka Matsuoka
Fumitaka Matsuoka… an American who spent World War II with his parents in an internment camp.—Philip Siekman
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Examples of internment in a Sentence
the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history
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China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang has elicited condemnation from the U.S. and a number of its allies, which accuse the People's Republic of indiscriminately detaining Uyghurs in mass internment camps.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The film also recounts how his father paved the way in making films about the Japanese internment camp experience.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, last used during World War II to send people from Japan, Germany and Italy to internment camps, allows the president to arrest, imprison or deport immigrants from a country considered an enemy of the U.S. during wartime.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Additionally, during his internment, he was fervently defended on the outside by the likes of Cage and Grainger, who gave him a job upon his release.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 15 Jan. 2025
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The film also recounts how his father paved the way in making films about the Japanese internment camp experience.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, last used during World War II to send people from Japan, Germany and Italy to internment camps, allows the president to arrest, imprison or deport immigrants from a country considered an enemy of the U.S. during wartime.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Additionally, during his internment, he was fervently defended on the outside by the likes of Cage and Grainger, who gave him a job upon his release.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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