as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
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Recent Examples of sequestration
Despite the cuts, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would add so much money to the debt that Congress may be forced to execute cuts across the board, including hundreds of billions to Medicare, in a process known as sequestration.
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
The company is also involved in carbon capture and sequestration projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The term sequestration describes carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere either naturally or through technological methods.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
By using supercritical carbon dioxide as most of the mass, the Allam cycle can burn natural gas to generate electricity while delivering carbon dioxide at the proper temperature and pressure for sequestration.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
The company is also involved in carbon capture and sequestration projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The term sequestration describes carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere either naturally or through technological methods.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
By using supercritical carbon dioxide as most of the mass, the Allam cycle can burn natural gas to generate electricity while delivering carbon dioxide at the proper temperature and pressure for sequestration.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
See All Example Sentences for sequestration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
Noun
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Gone is the Monster’s sophisticated consciousness, his months spent in solitude, his intimate revenge plot.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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What begins as an act of solitude unfolds into an unexpected encounter with both people and places gradually evolving into a quiet yet intense philosophical exchange that unearths themes of displacement, trauma and renewal.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Silence about abuse reinforces shame and isolation.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Addressing the isolation of young people has become an urgent priority in eastern Ukraine.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The homes aim to overcome barriers found in traditional shelters by allowing for privacy, property, and pets.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Schools have a responsibility to ensure safety, privacy, and fairness for all students.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Wilson carefully framed federal discrimination as good government, arguing that segregation ensured efficiency, minimized conflict, and maintained the integrity of federal institutions.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, residents have endured a tax foreclosure crisis and, decades before that, the city of Detroit was redlined, a practice by government appraisers that led to neighborhood segregation, disinvestment and stripped Black people of home ownership opportunities.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Rose Glass' directorial debut is an ecclesiastical horror that offsets the fine line between devotion and delusion, all while stirring the painful emotions of loneliness and trauma.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Beneath her sense of duty is a crushing loneliness and the prospect of a life unfulfilled.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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