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as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
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as in to confiscate
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority
police found and sequestered several illegal weapons
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Recent Examples of sequester
This also increases trees’ vulnerability to insect outbreaks and limits their ability to sequester carbon.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
As Kish chatted with the guest judges, about 10 people in director chairs sequestered in a production room keep in contact, asking questions to keep the storyline going.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
If this strategy works, isoprene produced by microbes will displace oil and sequester large amounts of carbon.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
This season, Jonathan Simkhai didn’t wanted to be sequestered backstage, away from friends and supporters of his brand.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
As Kish chatted with the guest judges, about 10 people in director chairs sequestered in a production room keep in contact, asking questions to keep the storyline going.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
If this strategy works, isoprene produced by microbes will displace oil and sequester large amounts of carbon.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
This season, Jonathan Simkhai didn’t wanted to be sequestered backstage, away from friends and supporters of his brand.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
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The goal is to facilitate talks and secure an easing of the White House pressure campaign to isolate Cuba through a de facto oil blockade that is causing crippling fuel shortages and worsening blackouts, according to several people familiar with the talks.—
Anthony Faiola,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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When decision-making time came after his sophomore season, Karaban isolated himself and went quiet.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Police officers also damaged photographic equipment and confiscated memory cards from journalists who were outside the Lion’s Gate of the Old City covering Ramadan prayers.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, CBP reported a surge in drug seizures after agents confiscating more than 79,000 pounds of narcotics nationwide last month, the highest monthly total since October 2021.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit alleges that the dispute escalated over a period of time that would have allowed security to reasonably notice the situation and intervene, but the bar failed to de-escalate, separate the people involved in the dispute or remove them from the bar.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Yet despite pressure, embargoes and various CIA plots, the communist government in Havana has resisted the wishes of its very powerful neighbor separated by just 90 miles (145 kilometers) of water.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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Now this artist, who is devoted to depicting the Chicano struggle, says removing Chavez from artwork may be the only choice.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Rodney statue has been gathering dust in storage after being removed from public view in Delaware during the 2020 racial justice protests.—
Dan Diamond,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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But these Brown and Black immigrants were usually segregated into dilapidated apartments in the region’s oldest housing stock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Given the high-profile nature of Reiner’s case, he has been segregated from other inmates in a solitary cell, unlike the dorm-like setting that’s typical for most inmates in the general population, the Daily Mail reported.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Erie, for example, is one of the communities currently threatening to cut off water access to residents who are overusing water at this time.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Since then and as a result of the conflict, the market is pricing in higher inflation and has taken the June rate cut off the table.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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