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
But her mother guards her fiercely, because even the most minor imbalance in her small, cloistered world could bring the seizures back again.
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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
The backstory The former convent was once home to some of the richest cloistered nuns in South Tyrol.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 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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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
The backstory The former convent was once home to some of the richest cloistered nuns in South Tyrol.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 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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Home to sea turtle nesting grounds, 380 bird species, and 70 miles of coastline, these shores are secluded.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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Its beams are slightly more vivid through the large windows of the Edition, which sit at the edge of a secluded area of the hotel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The nests are found in sheltered areas like porches and roof eaves.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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Between Split and Trogir stretches the Kastela Riviera, a chain of small and charming coastal towns facing a sheltered bay.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The findings suggest that other two-dimensional magnetic materials may host similar hidden phases.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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At the time, I was fascinated by the idea that people could possess a hidden talent that no one suspected was there.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Cloistered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloistered. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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