as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
what would you bring for sequestration on a desert island?
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Recent Examples of sequestration
Defendants were cleared of kidnapping allegations but three were convicted of a lesser, similar charge of sequestration with no voluntary liberation as Kardashian was bound at the scene but let there to be found safely.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 May 2025
The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2022
This round of shutdown negotiations carries a little more weight because across the board spending cuts known as sequestration may come into force under the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act if no budget deal is agreed by April 30.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 May 2025
The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2022
This round of shutdown negotiations carries a little more weight because across the board spending cuts known as sequestration may come into force under the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act if no budget deal is agreed by April 30.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
Noun
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Start small Begin with as little as 10 minutes of solitude per day.—
Joseph Jebelli,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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The project explores the tension between love and loneliness, questioning whether one escapes solitude by helping others find meaningful relationships.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
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The lockdown, the isolation were still fresh in everyone's minds, and many of the young people don’t live on the Navajo Nation.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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Close to a third lose their job, and the social isolation can be profound.—
April Dembosky,
NPR,
22 July 2025
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World has faced privacy and legal challenges worldwide, including in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Kenya.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The experience feels more like a floating villa than a river cruise, offering privacy and effortless elegance.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
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Roy’s Taxi Entrepreneurial opportunities for providing private transportation services in Austin have been shaped largely by segregation, regulation and innovation.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The problems to surmount were structural: deindustrialization, entrenched segregation, economic marginalization—conditions shaped by Jim Crow, but not undone by its eclipse.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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