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
The study recommends strategic test areas of algicide and treatments to sequester nutrients after large-scale mechanical clearing of the muck.
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Judge Cannon has opted to keep the jury anonymous and partially sequester them during the trial, with federal marshals picking up and dropping off the jurors from a confidential location daily.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, off-duty Islanders were sequestered backstage; some of the couples, including winners Espinal and Bryan Arenales, got their own rooms, while those who left the villa single were separated into groups of guys and girls.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Indeed, the argument is often made by industry that plastics can sequester carbon from fossil fuels for the very long term, unless they are burned.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Judge Cannon has opted to keep the jury anonymous and partially sequester them during the trial, with federal marshals picking up and dropping off the jurors from a confidential location daily.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, off-duty Islanders were sequestered backstage; some of the couples, including winners Espinal and Bryan Arenales, got their own rooms, while those who left the villa single were separated into groups of guys and girls.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Indeed, the argument is often made by industry that plastics can sequester carbon from fossil fuels for the very long term, unless they are burned.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, the headphones, meant to unify the audience in a shared soundscape, instead isolate viewers into their glowing silos, which feels like an ironic choice for a show supposedly about communal grief.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The procedure typically begins with local anesthesia and placement of a rubber dam to isolate the tooth.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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At a concurrent raid at the STUM’s headquarters, a dozen people in plain clothes, including the Shwe Pyi Thar ward administrator, were described as forcibly entering the office to confiscate laptops and cellphones.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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The victims had had their passports and phones confiscated.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The women’s orchestra, separated from their fellow inmates in a special block, was required by their Nazi overseers to play jaunty marches every morning and evening so that other female prisoners kept in step as they were sent to work outside the camp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Tamsui River is a major waterway and estuary in northern Taiwan that flows into the Taiwan Strait, the channel separating Taiwan from mainland China.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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That deal was struck in lieu of a retaliatory capital tax on foreign investors that was passed in the House version of the bill but was later removed by the Senate.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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The latest ruling for Google in the company's antitrust case will likely remove any overhang for Alphabet shares, Piper Sandler wrote Thursday.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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At the time, Miami Beach was segregated, but Black patrons were welcome at the Hampton House in Brownsville, Miami’s thriving Black neighborhood.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Juvenile inmates are segregated from the adult jail population, Moyer said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Start by cutting off the sleeves of thrifted or no longer worn sweaters.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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Jere is forced to get a job at a restaurant now that he's cut off financially.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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