as in secluded
screened or sequestered from view
behind the stately townhouses lie cloistered gardens that the public never sees
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Or maybe the font is just denoting the cloistered lives of the people at this film’s center.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
As cinematic tapestry, Mitevska’s cloistered film does feel cut from the cloth of Calcutta in 1948 and from the Catholic missionary work one attributes to that time.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
The cloistered intensity of debate also came to define her social world.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
The Trappist monk Thomas Merton describes a similar experience on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, on a rare occasion when leaving his cloistered monastery.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
As cinematic tapestry, Mitevska’s cloistered film does feel cut from the cloth of Calcutta in 1948 and from the Catholic missionary work one attributes to that time.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
The cloistered intensity of debate also came to define her social world.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
The Trappist monk Thomas Merton describes a similar experience on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, on a rare occasion when leaving his cloistered monastery.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloistered
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This secluded, 75-acre Relais & Châteaux property — the first in North America – seamlessly blends rustic simplicity with extraordinary pampering.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Giuseppe Cipriani is betting that Uruguay’s Punta del Este—long a secluded playground for A-listers from Shakira and Leonardo DiCaprio—is ready for an upgrade.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Alice Cooper discovered his love of entertaining in the Cortez High School cafetorium, returning to the Valley in the ’80s after finding fame and fortune as the rock star most likely to inspire sleepless nights for sheltered parents of Boomers Gone Wild.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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These can be low-lying areas in your yard, such as slopes or valleys, that are colder than higher or sheltered areas, such as at the top of a hill or near a brick retaining wall.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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But beneath this viral joke among African Americans lurks a hidden history of slavery, voodoo, and rebellion.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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And while the cuts – which could eventually top 30,000, according to Reuters – are likely to please Wall Street in the short term by padding Amazon’s profit margins, such drastic staff reductions bring longer term risks and hidden costs, Kriegel said.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Cloistered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloistered. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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