sequester
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sequester
Synonyms: Verb
cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate
Antonyms: Verb
desegregate, integrate, reintegrate
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The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached. He was sequestered in his room.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Some part of that is travelers sequestering cash abroad to evade China’s strict controls on overseas investment—but anyone who has been in the world’s major cities in the past few years has witnessed the tidal wave of Chinese tourist spending. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "The China Story That Is Far Bigger Than Apple," 4 Jan. 2019 The latter were sequestered from view and segregated in living quarters known as the zenana. — Sharmila Mukherjee, The Seattle Times, "SAM’s ‘Peacock in the Desert’ opens the doors of our perception to the marvelous," 2 Jan. 2019 At the Kutupalong refugee camp, two women were sequestered in the back of a shelter. — New York Times, "When a Baby Is an Everyday Reminder of Rohingya Horror," 7 July 2018 More and more older Americans are sequestered in communities intended only for those over 55. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Shifting views of seniors: less burden, more asset," 27 June 2018 Media and other observers are sequestered in a soundproofed room behind thick glass, at the rear, and hear the court audio feed on a 40-second delay. — miamiherald, "USS Cole bombing trial guide," 5 Sep. 2016 Herman said Wednesday that the jurors selected for Boys' trial would not be sequestered. — Heather Nolan, NOLA.com, "Jury selection in Travis Boys' first-degree murder trial gets underway," 14 Mar. 2018 Jurors will be sequestered, and both sides expect the trial will run at least into the next weekend. — Jeff Amy, Fox News, "Retrial set for man accused in woman's burning death," 22 Sep. 2018 Those in the surprise camp are opting to sequester themselves from the news rather than cave to partners who can’t wait to find out. — Janet Adamy, WSJ, "Baby’s First Secret: Hiding Its Gender From Dad," 4 Oct. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Three times between September and November, bursts of gunfire near MaKenzie’s public charter elementary school led DC Prep to seal off its Washington campus and sequester its students. — John Woodrow Cox, The Seattle Times, "Numerous school lockdowns are traumatizing the nation’s children," 26 Dec. 2018 Just last Friday, the president signed into law an authorization bill that blows up the sequester and increases spending by more than $500 billion. — James Hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Trump budget highlights disconnect between populist rhetoric and plutocrat reality," 13 Feb. 2018 The more crops you plant, burn, and sequester, the more carbon dioxide your remove from the air. — Umair Irfan, Vox, "Sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, explained," 24 Oct. 2018 In the five years the sequester has been in effect, the Department has lost $484 billion dollars compared to Gates’s budget plan. — Jim Talent, National Review, "The Budget Deal Won’t Be Enough to Get the Armed Forces Trump Wants," 13 Feb. 2018 Mortara survived, and when word reached church authorities that a baptized Catholic was living in a Jewish home, the Inquisition ordered his sequester under laws requiring Catholics be raised as such. — Nicole Winfield, Fox News, "Case of Jewish boy taken by pope flares over doctored memoir," 20 Apr. 2018 Coastal wetlands buffer the state from storm surge, absorb flooding, filter water and sequester greenhouse gases, all reasons that have prompted the state to launch a 50-year, $50-billion effort to restore the coast. — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, "As Louisiana's coast washes away, state cashing in on disputed oil and gas rights," 31 May 2018 Getting out from under the defense sequester has been a driving issue for military hawks, like Sen. John McCain of Arizona, all year. — David Lauter, latimes.com, "Bipartisanship prevails — by sending the debt sky high," 9 Feb. 2018 Both sides want to lift spending caps on defense and domestic programs, remnants of the 2013 sequester that could trigger an automatic $6 billion in cuts this fiscal year. — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, "Everything You Need to Know About the Government Shutdown Fight," 16 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sequester.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Note: Juries are sequestered in order to preserve their impartiality. Witnesses are sequestered so that their testimony is not influenced by the testimony of prior witnesses.
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