sequestering

present participle of sequester

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sequestering The Amazon forest will be a major focus of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), held in Belém, Brazil in November - particularly the crucial role of the forest for sequestering and storing carbon and contributing to climate mitigation. Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Wells for disposing of brine produced by desalination and for sequestering carbon captured from the air could become important additions to this list in the future, according to experts and officials. Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Using this principle, her team has developed carbon-sequestering concrete inspired by ocean biominerals. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025 Billions of years ago, when Earth was a giant ball of magma, dense droplets of liquid iron rained down into the planet’s depths, and this iron rain took the highly siderophile elements along for the ride, sequestering them in the core. Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestering
Verb
  • As the vehicle was carried into a wash north of West Main Street, it was overtaken by floodwaters, separating Aguilera-Padilla and Xavier, who had managed to exit the vehicle.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Though he was stationed at the fryer, Saft organized the stockroom on his own time, separating sauces from Happy Meal toys.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Even confiscating half would barely register against a $6 trillion federal budget.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Caregiving is too hard and too isolating to do it on your own.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The patient required hospitalization and is now isolating and recovering at home.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Letting the very small number of transgender students in Minnesota play on their school sports teams doesn't harm anyone, but segregating them does.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of segregating different regions behind loading screens as with previous games, now your environment is a single seamless setting that feels more connected than ever.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Besides regularly removing dust that forms on the fan blades, cleaning needs can also change with the seasons.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a simple tweak that could boost sodium-ion battery performance, by leaving water inside a key component rather than removing it.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Sequestering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestering. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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