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Recent Examples of sequester This happened during general congregation, Brown said, when cardinals are not sequestered. Loreben Tuquero, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 This method not only produces high-quality buds but also improves soil health, conserves water, and sequesters carbon in the process. Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 17 June 2025 Justice Christopher Beale said Thursday there are several more steps in the proceedings, potentially including hearing new evidence, before the jury is sequestered for deliberations. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 June 2025 Second, sugarcane is more effective at sequestering carbon than corn. Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sequester
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  • The incident is believed to be isolated and Boodarian is not a suspect in any other burglaries, the sources said.
    Julie Sone, ABC News, 15 July 2025
  • While some environmental bacteria are known to isolate PFAS, the chemicals' interaction with human gut bacteria has been unclear.
    Jay Kakade July 12, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
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  • From 2022 through 2024, law enforcement officials in California confiscated 139,017 guns used in crimes with identifiable serial numbers, according to the DOJ’s crime guns report.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
  • No charges have been pressed against Stone, but her family said her phone was confiscated.
    Joey Safchik, NBC news, 10 July 2025
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  • Unfortunately, some of this history seems relevant now as immigrant children are being forcibly separated from their parents.
    Jane Ciabattari July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • Twigs and LaBeouf dated between 2018 and 2019 after meeting on the set of his 2019 directorial debut Honey Boy, while LaBeouf was separated from his now-wife Mia Goth.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • The work includes removing asphalt surface and placing new waterproofing, a new asphalt surface and associated items.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 20 July 2025
  • Promptly remove former employees or admins Regularly audit account access and revoke permissions for anyone who no longer needs it.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
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  • According to a 2024 report from New America, Connecticut has 23 of the top 300 most segregating school district borders in the country—including Hartford–South Windsor, Bridgeport–Fairfield, and Waterbury–Cheshire.
    Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
  • However, research suggests that realtors and landlords are also more likely to show housing options in poor and racially segregated neighborhoods to people of color.
    Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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  • There are now more than 1 billion Android devices that fall foul of Google’s cutting off security updates for Android 12 and older phones, and also from its tweaking its Play Integrity API to disfavor apps running on these unsupported versions of the OS.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Wendy's breakfast items are not available all day, so customers looking for a boost of protein before a morning workout or workday should stop by before 10:30 a.m. for most locations (though some cut off breakfast sooner or later).
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 July 2025

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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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