secluding

present participle of seclude

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Recent Examples of secluding Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of secluding himself from the deteriorating realities of his invasion of Ukraine. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 Pulsing green lights flashed, giving fans a glimpse of Cain before secluding her again in shadow. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secluding
Verb
  • Khushboo Gupta, vice president of policy at PETA India, said the aesthetic appeal of live elephants doesn’t justify shackling, beating and separating them from their families.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • This process involves removing fuel, managing radiological controls, separating the hull, demilitarizing, and recycling.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Both sisters agreed that sharing the experience was a blessing, because pregnancy can sometimes be very isolating.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • Her direction here wisely emphasizes the actors, and possibly overdoes it with the mirrors — lotta symbolically reflective surfaces and isolating frames within frames — but there’s never the sensation that the person behind the camera is winging it.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026

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“Secluding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secluding. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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