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sequester

verb

si-ˈkwe-stər

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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. —

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 See All Example Sentences for sequester

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But opposition leaders have described the proposal as an effort to erase the crimes committed in the prison, where inmates were often isolated for months at a time, and tortured by agents seeking information on the activities of opposition activists.

— Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
What’s more, the project also introduced an ultra-compact, galvanically isolated DC/DC converter with a 250-kilowatt capacity.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026