1
as in separates
to set or keep apart from others
sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
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2
as in confiscates
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 sequesters
According to the researchers, producing a single cubic meter of ESM sequesters more than 6 kilograms of CO2.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Taking the algae out cleans the freshwater lakes and rivers, and the Bloom technology also sequesters the carbon dioxide in the algae into the foam so it doesn’t get released into the atmosphere, Lam said.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Taking the algae out cleans the freshwater lakes and rivers, and the Bloom technology also sequesters the carbon dioxide in the algae into the foam so it doesn’t get released into the atmosphere, Lam said.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequesters
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What separates toxic ambition, for you, from the simple act of wanting something and trying to get it?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026
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The design will retain the outdoor sculpture garden, but the garden would include a new free-to-all arts education center and reading room, and the tall steel fencing that now separates the garden from the public along El Prado and near the Old Globe theater campus would be removed.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Milwaukee Marshall High School confiscates a student’s phone until the end of the day for a first offense, requires a parent pickup after a second offense and issues an automatic suspension for repeat violations.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The standing side crunch isolates each side of your waist and strengthens your obliques.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Dec. 2025
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Far from being mere idle chit-chat, small talk proves to be an invaluable ally in cultivating social health—a precious virtue in a world where hyperconnection increasingly isolates us from one another.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2025
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In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Other types of filters include activated carbon, which removes odors, chemicals, and harmful gases, and UV-C light filters, which can kill bacteria and viruses.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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In an overly dramatic transformation sequence, Robert’s boss removes the necklace and is bathed in light — only to wind up a few inches shorter and brunette.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Mulch insulates the roots and crown of the plant, helping to moderate temperature fluctuations and minimize the impacts of freeze-thaw cycles.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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Generally speaking, Usha Vance said the house insulates sound well and the kids, who are 8, 5 and 3 treat the entire house as their home.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Sequesters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequesters. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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