confines
/ˈkɑnfaɪnz/ noun C1- The borders or limits of an area.
- The elements that restrain someone.
- The scope or range of a subject.
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The implications of these psychological findings resonate far beyond the sterile confines of the laboratory, carrying particularly immense weight within the judicial system.
My dearest Julian, your recent dispatch from the damp confines of Bloomsbury arrived this morning, bringing a profound sense of temporal displacement to my sunlit breakfast table.
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