as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious
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Recent Examples of seclude
While secluded from the outside world, cardinals under the age of 80 cast four votes each day until a candidate receives a two-thirds majority.
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Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
No voter can dine out since the conclave is secluded from the outside world.
—Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
The school denied dragging Jake or secluding him, Boyer said.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025
The cardinals will seclude themselves in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from external contact, and swear an oath of secrecy to maintain the integrity of the process.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
No voter can dine out since the conclave is secluded from the outside world.
—Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
The school denied dragging Jake or secluding him, Boyer said.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025
The cardinals will seclude themselves in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from external contact, and swear an oath of secrecy to maintain the integrity of the process.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seclude
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The Republican Study Committee's Maximum Pressure initiative includes 10 bills designed to cut off Tehran's remaining funding, freeze their assets, isolate their regime, and protect U.S. interests.—
Kristen Waggoner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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What’s driving these gains isn’t just isolated use cases or incremental automation.—
Nirit Cohen,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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In a game where the Angels and Nationals combined for 24 runs and 30 hits — with the 19 hits and 15 runs given up by the Angels’ pitching staff representing season-worst marks — what ultimately separated the teams was the Angels’ inability to come through with runners on base.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Here are the other five skills separating the good from the game-changers: 6.—
Steve Taplin,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Here’s why: Chicago needs an equitable distribution of affordable housing: The city is extremely segregated by race and income, and our affordable housing is highly clustered in South and West Side neighborhoods.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Parents recently accused some large districts of continuing to segregate children with disabilities too much.—
Jackie Mader,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 June 2025
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“Seclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seclude. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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