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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
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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The goal is to facilitate talks and secure an easing of the White House pressure campaign to isolate Cuba through a de facto oil blockade that is causing crippling fuel shortages and worsening blackouts, according to several people familiar with the talks.—
Anthony Faiola,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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When decision-making time came after his sophomore season, Karaban isolated himself and went quiet.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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In January, the Colombian Navy seized over two tons of cocaine from a speedboat in the South Pacific Ocean, and in November, the nation announced its largest cocaine bust in a decade, with 14 tons confiscated at its main Pacific port.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Police also can't confiscate recording devices if the documenter follows those rules.—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The fees would go to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which offers money to separate development projects that create or maintain affordable housing across the city.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The two have largely been on their own since Estrada Juarez separated from Bello’s father nearly 20 years ago.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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In March 2021, then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to have Swalwell removed from the House Intelligence Committee over his contact with Fang, citing the same interactions now at the center of Patel's file review.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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In his community, Bustamante likened it to denouncing Catholicism and removing photos of the pope.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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But these Brown and Black immigrants were usually segregated into dilapidated apartments in the region’s oldest housing stock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Erie, for example, is one of the communities currently threatening to cut off water access to residents who are overusing water at this time.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Since then and as a result of the conflict, the market is pricing in higher inflation and has taken the June rate cut off the table.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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