secludes

verb

present tense third-person singular of seclude
as in separates
to set or keep apart from others the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious

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  1. separates
  2. isolates
  3. segregates
Verb
  • Pair all-white separates with a colorful flat, sculptural brooch, and understated accessories.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 30 July 2026
  • Halpin will oversee the studio’s global finances and report to co-CEO Mike Cavanagh, the future CEO of NBCUniversal after Comcast separates its media and technology businesses.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of separates
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  • The Sortino ratio isolates harmful downside volatility from upside noise, which a standard the Sharpe ratio can’t do.
    — Andrew Sukhin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • This system, located between the grid and an AI data center, isolates DC load fluctuations from the grid and delivers LVRT support that can respond to demand shifts in real time at scale.
    — Drew Robb, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
Definition of isolates
Verb
  • The service still segregates music from podcasts, unlike Spotify.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
  • The crowd was about 50-50 housed and unhoused — the invisible veil that normally segregates these two worlds had been lifted.
    — Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of segregates
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