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
Verb
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Interestingly, research has found that asthmatics tend to have lower levels of IgG. While camel milk is rich in these bioactive compounds, the study didn’t isolate or quantify which specific components were responsible for the observed effects.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
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Critical flight systems must be isolated from public-facing applications.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Verb
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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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According to the London Times’ Philip Willan, a trade union that represents museum workers had previously warned the Uffizi about the risks posed by the platforms separating visitors from the art.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Arlington remained segregated by race and by rank until 1948, when President Harry S. Truman desegregated the military.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Built as a small hotel in 1925 and segregated in its early years, the property sold to Black businessman Walter Bailey in 1945.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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“Seclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seclude. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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