as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
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Recent Examples of sequestration
Sisco said defense invoked the rule of sequestration.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Carbon Sequestration Carbon Capture and Sequestration has been dealt a blow by a study published this week in Nature, the sequestration bit particularly.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Plus adds the NordPass password manager along with Threat Protection Pro for malware screening and sequestration, including an ad and tracker blocker and advanced browsing protection, and ups the eSim data provided to 5GB.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Carbon Sequestration Carbon Capture and Sequestration has been dealt a blow by a study published this week in Nature, the sequestration bit particularly.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Plus adds the NordPass password manager along with Threat Protection Pro for malware screening and sequestration, including an ad and tracker blocker and advanced browsing protection, and ups the eSim data provided to 5GB.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
Noun
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Big game hunters, backpackers, river runners, national park visitors, artists and musicians all make the long trek into Big Bend National Park for the wilderness, the wildlands and the solitude.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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Sure, music lays down a foundation of loudness in bars and DJs mix tracks in dance clubs, but most of us, most of the time, do our listening in solitude.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
26 Feb. 2026
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The abrupt onset of social isolation and the disruption of academic routine led to anxiety.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Jessica Winter reports » More Top Stories Mitski’s new album is a dark ode to isolation.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Lovely people, every one, but if your definition of vacation privacy includes stepping onto your terrace without locking eyes with someone else's morning routine, request a standalone cottage or spring for a villa.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Please allow family and friends privacy and patience during this difficult time.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jackson played football at Sterling High School in Greenville, and famously protested library segregation with a group known as the Greenville Eight.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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While both West Indians and Afro Panamanians were subjected to segregation and police brutality, the Americans running the Canal Zone tended to treat the English-speaking West Indians better.—
Brendan Frizzell,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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In either case, there is a loneliness innate to the situation of being an outlier.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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These morning visits break up loneliness and isolation that is common and potentially dangerous for seniors.—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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