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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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As if being sequestered in the middle of nowhere wasn't terrifying enough, being unable to hear any intruder and scream for help is exponentially scarier.
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
After jury selection this week in the Allen County seat of Fort Wayne, the trial will continue in Carroll County and could last about a month as jurors are sequestered.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Biochar: Converts organic material into a stable form of carbon through pyrolysis, which can then be used in soils to sequester carbon and improve soil health.
—Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sequestered in the White House situation room to monitor events, their offices said Tuesday, and to plan any U.S. reaction.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
After jury selection this week in the Allen County seat of Fort Wayne, the trial will continue in Carroll County and could last about a month as jurors are sequestered.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Biochar: Converts organic material into a stable form of carbon through pyrolysis, which can then be used in soils to sequester carbon and improve soil health.
—Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sequestered in the White House situation room to monitor events, their offices said Tuesday, and to plan any U.S. reaction.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Rahal’s current iteration of David includes milk protein isolate, collagen and whey protein, and is held together with allulose and polydextrose.Simone Melvin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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More than 100 bridges would be lost, power lines toppled and coastal towns isolated.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday probed the international consequences of allowing a group of Holocaust survivors and their heirs to leverage U.S. courts to seek compensation from Hungary for confiscating their property.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
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The credit value of the forest reflects real, on-the-ground protection efforts—stopping bulldozers, preventing forest fires, confiscating chainsaws, and helping local Indigenous communities develop sustainable livelihoods that do not damage the forests.Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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What separates this device from others in the Keurig line is the ability to make iced-ish coffee, which comes out significantly cooler than the regular brew and will make a passable iced coffee when poured over ice and sweetened.Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Thanksgiving is, as the name implies, about gratitude—a defining ideal of both the specific American tradition and the broader Judeo-Christian civilizational inheritance from which our nation cannot be separated.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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While that may be the easiest, Edwards says there are other ways to remove apple wax.Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
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China’s military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge since last year, with at least nine People’s Liberation Army generals and a handful of defense industry executives removed from the national legislative body.Reuters, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
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And the port city remains largely segregated by race.Debbie Elliott, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Until then, those votes will be segregated during the vote counting, said Bucks governmental spokesman Jim O’Malley.Mark Scolforo, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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That December, van Gogh famously cut off his left ear, and Gauguin returned to Paris.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
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There have been complaints of the Fitbit app cutting off the top parts of the interface, making certain controls and pieces of information inaccessible.Andrew Williams, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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