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
The 24 awards recently canceled by the U.S. Department of Energy were issued by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations under the Biden administration and primarily focused on carbon capture and sequestration and decarbonization initiatives.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The company is also involved in carbon capture and sequestration projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The term sequestration describes carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere either naturally or through technological methods.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
By using supercritical carbon dioxide as most of the mass, the Allam cycle can burn natural gas to generate electricity while delivering carbon dioxide at the proper temperature and pressure for sequestration.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The company is also involved in carbon capture and sequestration projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The term sequestration describes carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere either naturally or through technological methods.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
By using supercritical carbon dioxide as most of the mass, the Allam cycle can burn natural gas to generate electricity while delivering carbon dioxide at the proper temperature and pressure for sequestration.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
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With his unique falsetto, emotional delivery and irresistible backstory — retreating to a cabin in the woods following a pair of personal and professional breakups to record in solitude — Bon Iver earned significant industry respect and a devoted cult following.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
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Once fall rolls around, part of the small town can be anything but solitude, because tourists want to see Camel's Hump Mountain.—
Kailey Schuyler,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Limited mobility, social stigma, and inaccessible spaces make isolation and loneliness a common problem.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This combination of isolation, altitude and temperature is what makes the site so scientifically valuable as a training ground for scientists and astronauts — and as a test site for equipment and rovers.—
Rosanna Philpott,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Questions of safety and privacy are often argued when drones are discussed, as these little flying robots tend to make people uncomfortable.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some use protocols that are not designed to protect privacy, obscure ownership or fail to encrypt traffic properly.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Moore said Wilson passionately advocated for the program over the past decades in Brookfield schools, as segregation can still be prevalent.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Never mind white World War Two soldiers’ relationship to segregation within the army itself, and ensuring that Black veterans couldn’t be entitled to the same VA resources, couldn’t move into the same neighborhoods that white veterans moved into.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Rose Glass' directorial debut is an ecclesiastical horror that offsets the fine line between devotion and delusion, all while stirring the painful emotions of loneliness and trauma.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Beneath her sense of duty is a crushing loneliness and the prospect of a life unfulfilled.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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