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
Carbon Sequestration and Renewable Projects: The IRS will finalize guidance on carbon oxide sequestration credits (§45Q) and enhance the domestic content bonus credit (§45(b)(9)) to support U.S.-based manufacturing in clean energy.
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Recent incidents have highlighted potential risks: In September, a carbon capture well in Illinois experienced sequestration fluid migration to an unauthorized underground zone, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture and sequestration are supported by the Newsom administration, and considered a major part of the governor’s action plan to reduce greenhouse gases over the next two decades.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture, sequestration and removal projects need funding to scale, though.
—Eyal Harel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Recent incidents have highlighted potential risks: In September, a carbon capture well in Illinois experienced sequestration fluid migration to an unauthorized underground zone, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture and sequestration are supported by the Newsom administration, and considered a major part of the governor’s action plan to reduce greenhouse gases over the next two decades.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture, sequestration and removal projects need funding to scale, though.
—Eyal Harel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
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But there’s also noble resilience in its depiction of solitude, a strange kind of comfort in its rapturous melancholy and companionship in the voices of the dead.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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On The Water Apart from that sense of solitude, a major part of the appeal is clearly the location: on a peninsula with one side fronting the calm, pure turquoise water of the Caicos Bank; the other side, the rolling waves of the Atlantic in varying shades of blue.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The isolation tank, communicating with other species, all of these things had very early roots in (the question) how can this be exploited?—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Leaders often report feelings of isolation, which further compounds stress and reduces their ability to find balance.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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Industry surveys have shown that data privacy and the high cost of implementing large language models are among the reasons why enterprises have resisted AI adoption.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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Who better to ensure AI tools respect and protect women's privacy and dignity than those who have long fought for these basic rights?—
Erin Grau,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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In July 1948, when President Harry S. Truman signed the executive order ending segregation in the military, Leftenant-Colon saw it as an opportunity to get regular status in the Army Nurse Corps, something that eluded her until then because of her race.—
Cheryl W. Thompson,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, when the effects of wealth gaps and school segregation are accounted for, test score gaps substantially narrow.—
Shoumita Dasgupta,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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