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The word 'confines' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a limit or border that forms the boundary of something, particularly an enclosed space such as a prison or a house. For example, "The prisoners were confined within the walls of the prison."
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Unfortunately, this was a great idea in theory but running an entrepreneurial business within the confines and culture of a bank proved to be rather challenging.
File Burnham alongside the likes of Gatsby or Norman Bates or Willy Loman - a fictional character who resonates beyond the immediate confines of his story.
Still, I wish him luck in his bid to subvert the British obsession with period, even if it's from within the confines of costume.
At 1.40pm, holding hands and beaming perfect smiles, George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin emerged from the confines of Venice's 13th century city hall on Monday, officially husband and wife.
But by the 1980s, under editor Kelvin McKenzie, Page 3 was brasher and flashier, and the women featuring in it – Samantha Fox, Linda Lusardi, Maria Whitaker – gaining a celebrity beyond the confines of the paper (a 2000 article marking Page 3's 30th anniversary noted that no fewer than 155 of the page's former models had released singles).
But then I'm reminded of why I spent eight years at university, costing £60,000 and continued into another seven years of training; and this realisation all occurs within the confines of a small consulting room and a four-hour morning surgery.
Like an artist using found objects, she accepted the confines of the immediate environment rather than trying to adapt it; she rarely employed props.
When they get to the friendly confines of BC Place (where they have not lost in MLS play) they will meet a Whitecaps squad that is in middle of their annual mid-season rebuild.
Elsewhere the programme confines itself to describing problems – under-resourced and irrelevant schooling, sluggish bureaucracy, political corruption – but on the subject of the war on drugs it examines a possible solution.
To reverse this, the House must also vote for the bill, which confines tax rises to individuals earning $400,000 or more a year and households earning $450,000 or more.
When discussing great Italian midfielders, even within the confines of the 1990s, Dino Baggio is frequently overlooked, yet when evaluating his career and achievements, he clearly warrants a consideration.
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