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as in separated
to set or keep apart from others
sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
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as in confiscated
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 sequestered
Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
That sentiment is front and center in The Fence, a sequestered and highly theatrical drama set on an African construction site that feels much more like a colonial outpost.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
During the postwar years, though, tens of thousands of white parishioners chose to move to new enclaves in the city and the suburbs as, owing to the Great Migration, the Black population, long sequestered on the South Side, grew and expanded into other neighborhoods.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Attached to the house, the garage gave the home its L-shape, which partially sequestered the noise that would reverberate through a typical ranch home.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
Quiet Cove is sequestered away from the bustling family activities and features an infinity pool, a poolside bar and a cafe.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Harris isn’t the only leader who believes success should be shared, not sequestered to one person.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
So why has it been sequestered inside a Newfoundland convent?
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
As the ancient rocks still showed the original deficit, the conclusion is that the building blocks of the proto-Earth somehow remained pristine and sequestered deep within the Earth’s interior.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
The Broncos sequestered like a jury in the countryside, left to focus on football.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall.
—Verb
And all of our contestants are sequestered in a separate part of the lot, with security around them.
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The pair become isolated in a rundown Oklahoma motel room as discussions of conspiracy theories take place.—
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.—
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Per the Hindu, Das' head had been separated from his body in the attack.—
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This design consists of an aluminum (Al) foil anode current collector, an S8 cathode, sodium dicyanamide (NaDCA) in a non-flammable chloroaluminate electrolyte, separated with a glass fiber.—
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French authorities confiscated the cocaine.—
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While raising the kids together, Ruby and Hildebrandt abused the two youngest children with harsh punishments and torture, according to Ruby's journal that was later confiscated.—
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Some of the most popular options are larger beaches like Cala Granadella, Cala Portixol, and Cala Blanca, but Cala Sardinera and Cala del Francés are popular with locals for their secluded feel.—
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Alila Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico Nature surrounds Alila Mayakoba, a secluded hotel situated on 60 acres of mangroves and freshwater canals in Riviera Maya.—
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In the 1940s, beaches, along with many other places, were segregated in the South.—
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As Kendrick put it, they are segregated from the field by a screen of chicken wire — much like Black fans used to be at Major League Baseball games, and in a larger sense like those players were denied the opportunity to play in MLB.—
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Shelley Smith of Fox is a retired teacher.—
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Robert Boyce, a retired chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, said the officer's previous experience of being rammed and dragged could be considered in the investigation when weighing whether his actions were objectively reasonable.—
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Pull-apart rolls are great as a party appetizer, for a potluck, or even as a meal with a soup or side salad.—
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In recent years, my sisters and I will take turns trying a new appetizer like Buffalo chicken dip or a pull-apart cheese bread.—
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Turley told him about the town, in the foothills of the Andes, with its mission church and several dozen outlying villages, reached by dirt roads.—
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Even though their outlying positions can present challenges like road closures, weather disruptions, and maintaining a reliable cold chain for perishable foods, these lodges don’t consider their setting a disadvantage.—
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“Sequestered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestered. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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