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
  • The Inland Rail Trail is a 21-mile bike path that is 8 to 10 feet wide with a 2-foot-wide unpaved shoulder and barriers separating the trail from motor vehicles.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There were just two points separating the teams after Blake Grupe’s field goal in the fourth quarter, before two crucial plays from Josh Allen – first a 27-yard scramble through the Saints defense, then a 28-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid – extended the Bills’ lead.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 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
  • Freelancing can feel isolating, especially when you’re used to having coworkers and a structured office environment.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Whether isolating public officials for harassment, doxing, intimidation, and ultimately attempted assassination, it is all carefully planned, executed and thought through.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • But the building feels temporary, with United having previously discussed removing it.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • More than 200 bodies are still on the mountain, left there because of the difficulty, risk, and cost of removing them, the database says.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Sequestering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestering. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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