1
as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
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2
as in to confiscate
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority
police found and sequestered several illegal weapons
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Recent Examples of sequester
Once emptied of water, the wreckage will be lifted by crane to the port of Termini Imerese where it will be sequestered and examined by officials.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Vice president of basketball engagement Alvin Gentry represented the Kings in the drawing room, where representatives of each team are sequestered without electronic devices.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025
The special mass was held to offer prayers for the cardinals while they were sequestered in the conclave.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Because the cardinals are sequestered during a conclave, black or white smoke is used to represent the cardinals' decisions for the day, bellowing from a Sistine Chapel chimney.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Vice president of basketball engagement Alvin Gentry represented the Kings in the drawing room, where representatives of each team are sequestered without electronic devices.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025
The special mass was held to offer prayers for the cardinals while they were sequestered in the conclave.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Because the cardinals are sequestered during a conclave, black or white smoke is used to represent the cardinals' decisions for the day, bellowing from a Sistine Chapel chimney.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequester
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Crews isolated hotspots and began mop-up operations, while additional resources arrived to relieve initial attack personnel.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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These crises are not isolated—they are deeply interconnected.—
Sahit Muja,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Her family remained in Italy until 1939, when the Italian Racial Laws barred Jews from certain jobs and ordered Jewish property and businesses to be confiscated.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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One was the restitution of property that had been confiscated from loyalists.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
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Airlines also often try to separate business travelers from leisure travelers, because business travelers are typically less price sensitive.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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There was gold but also plenty of garbage, with little time to separate the two.—
Son Nguyen,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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So everybody that's in the United States, and in this case in Puerto Rico, without an immigration status, needs to be removed or deported.—
Adrian Florido,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent a licensed trapper to remove the injured alligator, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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In 2016, Israeli news media reported that three hospitals were segregating Jewish and Arab mothers in their maternity wards.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Layered roof leaves offer a way to let air circulate — and a means to split the terminal into several mini-terminals in case one of them needs to be blocked off quickly to segregate passengers or test for diseases.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Elon Musk suggests creating a new political party amid Trump rift Trump threatens to cut off Musk's subsidies.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2025
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But cutting off students and visiting scholars could hamstring the university’s research and global standing.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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