How to Use sequester in a Sentence

sequester

1 of 2 verb

• He was sequestered in his room.
• The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached.
• For instance, an undisturbed forest can sequester carbon for a long time in the trunks of trees and in the soil.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2021
• Some of it is sequestered for years, and other bits that make it as far as the seafloor are sequestered for centuries.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
• Suppose the offset vendor plants trees to sequester 1.16 tons of carbon over the life of these trees.
  — Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
• And every acre of forest saved results in 375 tons of CO2 sequestered in trees.
  — Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• The saplings that survive have a huge advantage and grow taller and stronger, and sequester more carbon in their trunks.
  — Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• With Margot safely sequestered, the series goes back in time to 1933.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
• Far fewer species would live there and much less carbon would be sequestered.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• In El Eco, sequestered tradition and an awakening to the wider world are both alive.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2023
• The barn was finished just in time for the owner’s children to sequester during the pandemic last year.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 22 July 2021
• In 1994, the O.J. Simpson trial jury was sequestered at the hotel.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• But in this case, garbage that’s not been properly sequestered could start an outbreak.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Beyond that, The CO2 is sequestered and the hydrogen can be stored to one day be put into the grid or be used for transportation.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2024
• Or that that tree will continue to grow and sequester carbon for years to come, rather than being cut down next year?
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• If azolla is added to fields as fertilizer, some of that carbon is sequestered in the ground.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024
• The plant runs on geothermal energy and is able to sequester 4,000 tons of carbon per year.
  — Time, 28 Dec. 2021
• As part of the settlement entered Feb. 14, Facebook agreed to sequester and delete all the data at issue.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Feb. 2022
• Those votes are sequestered until the measure is approved by the courts, even if that happens after the election.
  — Sophia Tareen, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
• The system also sequesters 85 percent of the greenhouse gases produced on the farm.
  — Hannah Nguyen, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Before the film’s debut, Mr. Wang and his producers sequestered themselves in a makeshift green room.
  — Nicole Sperling Joel Barhamand, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Philips explains that the journalists were sequestered in the legendary Metropol Hotel.
  — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
• Chau’s driving intent to share the Christian Gospel with this remote tribe, sequestered from the rest of the world for thousands of years, was met with fatal arrows.
  — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The nets drag along the bottom of the ocean, damaging the delicate ecosystem of the ocean floor, and releasing the carbon that’s sequestered in the sediment.
  — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• Under the scheme, investors will receive $50 for every metric ton of CO2 sequestered and stored.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• With their large size, density, and long lifespan, oaks can sequester more carbon dioxide than other species.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
• To date, those remaining on board are showing no symptoms and have been asked to sequester themselves in their cabins.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
• The fact that they were not sequestered right from the start blows me away.
  — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
• The cast’s glam team is sequestered from the actual set, however.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
• The pair sequester themselves in a shed while guests revel outside in the sunshine.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

sequester

2 of 2 noun

• Thing is, for years, Congress has missed the targets and waived the sequester.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• While the on-board sequester is over, the pressure to get back on schedule is still on.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
• In the past, Congress has boosted spending beyond limits of the sequester, and will be asked by Trump to do so again.
  — Alan Gomez, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2018
• The cuts, known as sequester, were only supposed to happen if lawmakers weren’t able to agree on what in the budget to cut.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• The sequester pared gross domestic product by 1.2% and cost as many as 1.6 million jobs over its first two years.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• But the supercommittee couldn’t reach an agreement, setting up across-the-board cuts known as the sequester in 2013.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2018
• Navy leaders on Tuesday abandoned the sequester plan after the Union-Tribune asked about it.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
• 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, 13 Feb. 2018
• But Congress decided to bust through the sequester caps and add $128 billion to domestic programs for the next two years.
  — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2018
• Those curbs, known as the sequester, are set to kick in early next year, unless Congress passes a new law raising spending.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2017
• The impasse was ended by the infamous sequester, which placed harsh spending cuts on the government for 10 years.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• That included the sequester, a sheaf of budget cuts enacted to settle a debt ceiling fight in 2011.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• The overuse and underfunding of the armed forces, culminating in the disastrous sequester.
  — Jim Talent, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
• Those sequester cuts kicked in in early March 2013, and as Bernstein’s blog details, the effects were immediate.
  — Patrick Caldwell, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
• But Congress could neutralize that one, too, by passing legislation before the end of 2017 that stops the sequester.
  — Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• This will not only reduce fossil fuels used in the vineyard, but the cover crop will allow vineyards to sequester carbon.
  — Liz Thach, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• These include the egregious sequester, which was enacted to resolve a 2011 debt-limit standoff.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Trees — and all plants — sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, one of the main atmospheric greenhouse gases.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
• Drylands contain 27% of global forests, which help sequester carbon and slow global warming.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
• There are countless numbers of plankton that not only feed fish and other species, but also sequester carbon dioxide (CO2).
  — Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic, 24 Dec. 2017
• Biden’s plan would expand the program to include payments for crops that sequester carbon, according to his campaign website.
  — Emily Hopkins, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2020
• During the 14-day sequester period directed by Wikoff, sailors are not allowed to leave their rooms, according to the documents.
  — John Ismay, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
• Grow Now is chock-a-block with tips on how to wild-ify land in the suburbs and the city, sequester carbon with no-dig gardening, and provide critical support to biodiversity.
  — Sunset Magazine, 26 Jan. 2022
• The armed services are still trying to recover from sequester budget cuts, which started in 2013 and brutalized readiness.
  — Kate Bachelder Odell, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2022
• Growing the plant was an appealing prospect for the Hepworth sisters, both because CBD oil was fetching handsome prices, and because hemp was known to improve soil health and sequester carbon.
  — Elizabeth G. Dunn, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, sequester carbon is ruled out and replaced by build soil organic matter.
  — Oliver Milman, Slate Magazine, 8 Aug. 2017
• The projects not only sequester carbon but also boost biodiversity and help the land adapt to the changing climate by preventing floods and wildfires.
  — Ciara Nugent / Wallasea Island, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
• Defense attorney Eric Nelson took issue with the judge’s refusal to grant a change of venue and for declining to sequester jurors during the trial.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 May 2021
• Friedman expects those in the Dodgers' quarantine group will have to remain in Texas and pass an undetermined number of tests before departing the sequester.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2020
• The haggling eventually led to the adoption of a budget sequester that involved significant spending cuts, which, arguably, held back the economy and damaged Democratic prospects in 2016.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2023