as in secluded
screened or sequestered from view
behind the stately townhouses lie cloistered gardens that the public never sees
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Recent Examples of cloistered
Nestled in these cloistered reaches, hippie spiritual communes proliferated, along with their secret gardens.
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Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
But her mother guards her fiercely, because even the most minor imbalance in her small, cloistered world could bring the seizures back again.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The auction house leaves behind its more cloistered Madison Avenue home for airy galleries in an 80-foot glass atrium, as well as an opulent neoclassical rotunda in the historic Steinway Hall.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
But her mother guards her fiercely, because even the most minor imbalance in her small, cloistered world could bring the seizures back again.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The auction house leaves behind its more cloistered Madison Avenue home for airy galleries in an 80-foot glass atrium, as well as an opulent neoclassical rotunda in the historic Steinway Hall.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloistered
Adjective
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The water- and fire-resistant concrete and steel lower level, meanwhile, has an additional bedroom and a media room, as well as access to an oversized spa and a retractable drawbridge providing access to a secluded cove down below.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
16 Mar. 2026
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Golden Age Wine has two locations, one of which is in a secluded downtown courtyard bedecked in string lights.—
Bob Carlton,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But other activists allege that such policies lead to the unnecessary suffering of sheltered animals.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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Begin by placing the pot in a sheltered area outside for a few hours each day.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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High end travelers need an advisor who has knowledge, personal connections and access to hidden places and interesting people.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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As the camera lingers on the face of the main protagonist Qihuo, and her two best friends Atnyop and Itgop, Chen reveals hidden emotions and untold feelings.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Cloistered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloistered. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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