1
as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
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2
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
Built in the late 1990s but fully renovated during her tenure, the multilevel white stucco structure is sequestered behind tall gates and hedges and offers six bedrooms and eight bathrooms in roughly 14,100 square feet.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
Without those nutrients, there would be no rainforest, which produces a quarter of the world’s oxygen and sequesters carbon dioxide.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
As one commentator notes, they were sheltered for sure but not entirely sequestered — they were classically trained, knew what pop music was, and Dot, in particular was a big fan of Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Although the contest itself came and went in a flash, the Love Story crowd kept hanging out, sequestered at the northeast corner of the park.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 9 Mar. 2026
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
Without those nutrients, there would be no rainforest, which produces a quarter of the world’s oxygen and sequesters carbon dioxide.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
As one commentator notes, they were sheltered for sure but not entirely sequestered — they were classically trained, knew what pop music was, and Dot, in particular was a big fan of Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Although the contest itself came and went in a flash, the Love Story crowd kept hanging out, sequestered at the northeast corner of the park.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 9 Mar. 2026
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Inspectors found that a detainee showing symptoms of TB was not isolated, posing a potential risk to others.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Mel is adrift after getting fired from her job as a therapist and isolated from her friend group due to Coop and Sam’s (Olivia Munn) affair.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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Borzou Arjmand, an Iranian actor living in California, found out from news reports that his assets in Iran had been confiscated.—
Amir Hussein Radjy,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The sisters’ mother, Vesta Louis, told Politico this week that federal investigators raided both of their homes in simultaneous operations on March 23, confiscating their cellphones and other electronics.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
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On a computer, Krause pulled up a chromatography analysis, which separates mixtures into individual components.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Marriott is digging deep to separate itself as a luxury provider.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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The committee ultimately amended the bill to remove vehicular homicide as a crime of violence.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Kansas City police chief and former FBI agent Lear Reed was on a campaign to clean up the police force and remove the lingering influences of Pendergast.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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Until the 1990s, many of New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras krewes were segregated.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The public schools were segregated, and for decades there was no Black high school at all.—
Jonathan Entin,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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The price of oil has rocketed since the war began to highs not seen in years, as shipments are largely cut off through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that normally carries one-fifth of the world's oil.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The country has managed to find alternatives to some of the technology it has been cut off from, such as high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia competitors.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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