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sequester

verb

si-ˈkwe-stər How to pronounce sequester (audio)
Definition of sequesternext
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 company compares that reduction with the carbon sequestered by roughly 63,800 acres of US forest each year. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026 While they were not sequestered for the trial, the jurors have been repeatedly instructed not to research or discuss the case with others since they were empaneled. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026 Patterson's defense attorney Richard Edney made the first ground for their appeal on Wednesday an error that resulted in jury members being sequestered in the same hotel as a police witness and members of the prosecution team. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Thorndike said during the voir dire that she has been sequestered since being contacted by Reddington. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sequester
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequester
  1. isolate
  2. confiscate
  3. separate
  4. remove
  5. segregate
  6. cut off
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  • Its effects accumulate and are filtered through context and third-party interpretation, making its contribution harder to isolate.
    — Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than chart her full life, the Hindi-language film, starring Sneha Kumari in the title role, isolates a single 48-hour standoff in which 2,000 armed police and paramilitary personnel surrounded a village to capture her, then 17 years old.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • It was confiscated, and she was handed back the clear plastic case.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Both networks announced this morning that their journalists were denied access and their White House press badges confiscated.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026
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  • Brad Pitt was separated from girlfriend Ines De Ramon during Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Ravel’s patent application describes cleaning and shredding incoming textiles, removing metal and other nontextile components and separating waste into broad material categories before purification.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • The reactor would produce substantial heat that engineers must remove from the vehicle.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, Microsoft has committed not to use sensitive data that many companies leverage, such as information about gender, race, age, ZIP code that can be used to identify a person even if their name is removed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of remove
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  • Encinosa claims moving Sabatino into the prison's general population violates the judge's order, which requires the BOP to keep Sabatino segregated.
    — Jim DeFede, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Titcomb said that flexibility could allow garment factories to send polyester-elastane cutting scraps together rather than segregating each composition as production lines change.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Kingsolver cut off her waist-length hair and started wearing combat boots and an Army overcoat.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Now their campaign appears to be entering a new phase, with a major offensive aimed at cutting off government forces in a central part of Yemen.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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