as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
she went into seclusion in order to focus entirely on writing her book
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Recent Examples of seclusion
July’s Swag rebuffed months of speculation about the artist’s mental well-being with admissions of imperfections and odes to romantic seclusion.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The band recorded the final tracks live in a communal setting to contrast the initial feelings of seclusion.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
But peace and sometimes, a sense of total seclusion, add to its charms.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Teenage girls, chosen by local nobles, were sent away to live in seclusion at the aqllawasai to weave cloth, brew chicha, and prepare food for ritual feasts.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seclusion
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The band recorded the final tracks live in a communal setting to contrast the initial feelings of seclusion.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
But peace and sometimes, a sense of total seclusion, add to its charms.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Teenage girls, chosen by local nobles, were sent away to live in seclusion at the aqllawasai to weave cloth, brew chicha, and prepare food for ritual feasts.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seclusion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seclusion
Noun
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This inclination toward solitude appears to stem from underestimating others’ willingness to engage and unawareness of how much of a lift a mere social exchange can provide.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Intrepid types who truly seek solitude may also want to consider the Highlands—the uninhabited center of the island.—
Ali Wunderman,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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More advanced methods, including differential privacy and federated learning, allow researchers to collaborate without moving sensitive data outside hospital walls.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Massachusetts is unusual in that state victim privacy laws bar police from releasing incident reports of rape to the public.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Time behind bars often brings exposure to violence, isolation, and the loss of personal control, experiences that can create lingering fear, anxiety, and symptoms much like post-traumatic stress disorder.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scientists revealed that the nuclei of hydrogen isotopes form plasma, which, being electrically charged, can be held in isolation from the walls by a magnetic field inside the toroidal vacuum chamber of the reactor (these sorts of reactors are called tokamaks).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Seclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seclusion. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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