as in separating
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 secluding
Pulsing green lights flashed, giving fans a glimpse of Cain before secluding her again in shadow.
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secluding
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Thurman, 55, filed for divorce from Hawke in 2004, after separating the year before.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Joy and grief, there’s no separating the two, period.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
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In a society that relies so heavily on categorizing people into a gender binary, targeting a young man’s masculinity can be a particularly painful and isolating experience.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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Your support system may weaken, isolating you even further.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Secluding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secluding. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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