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
It’s also surrounded by basketball courts: in parks, balanced on rooftops and invisibly sequestered between skyscrapers.
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Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
These wetlands act as carbon sinks, sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and thereby influencing climate change mitigation.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Whales in turn play a role in the marine carbon cycle, sequestering CO2 in their gargantuan bodies while pooping in such great quantities as to stimulate the growth of other carbon-consuming organisms.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Living at the Four Seasons while filming was a privilege in itself and feeling the intimacy of the location while almost sequestering ourselves there was a breathtaking experience.
—Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
These wetlands act as carbon sinks, sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and thereby influencing climate change mitigation.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Whales in turn play a role in the marine carbon cycle, sequestering CO2 in their gargantuan bodies while pooping in such great quantities as to stimulate the growth of other carbon-consuming organisms.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Living at the Four Seasons while filming was a privilege in itself and feeling the intimacy of the location while almost sequestering ourselves there was a breathtaking experience.
—Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequester
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Traumatic or abusive situations often distance or isolate people.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Furthermore, the current political and market volatility can become distracting, or even isolating.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The pair collaborated on searching freight shipments, storage units and vehicles to confiscate drugs, targeting marijuana in particular because it was stored locally rather than sent to the DEA, according to officials.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some of them have taken advantage of the departure of foreign and multinational corporations from Russia by buying depreciated assets or simply confiscating them, generally with the support of powerful insiders, such as the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.—
ALEXANDER GABUEV,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2025
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Heading into final rotation, the two championship hopefuls were separated by just 0.075.—
Henry Chappell,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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Since our family has been separated, I have been devastated and confused.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Teams take pride in removing emotion from decisions and loathe making moves that can be interpreted as reactionary.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Quantum internet removes that risk by ensuring only the sender and receiver can read a message, so not even the hosting platform can access it.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The lawsuit contends that despite having a refund policy, ECE International’s owners did not segregate travel deposits from non-refundable portions.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2025
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And while the formerly high-flying Bad Boy Records CEO and billionaire entrepreneur was used to the finest things in his former life, according to the New York Times, his life in the communal, dorm-style unit segregated from the rest of the inmates is a study in contrasts from his previous life.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump briefly cut off aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but resumed after Zelenskyy agreed to an immediate ceasefire, a call Putin has rebuffed.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration is cutting off the huge stream of data that's been feeding the nation's largest study of women's health, which has produced a series of landmark discoveries.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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