as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious
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Recent Examples of seclude
School staff had restrained or secluded her daughter 29 times for a total of more than 23 hours in just the few months since the school year began.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
While the two women were secluded at their hotel, a friend allegedly called with an invitation to attend a party hosted by the legendary musician.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 May 2025
This experience was, especially to three Americans, authentically quaint and unexpectedly secluded.
—Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
While secluded from the outside world, cardinals under the age of 80 cast four votes each day until a candidate receives a two-thirds majority.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
While the two women were secluded at their hotel, a friend allegedly called with an invitation to attend a party hosted by the legendary musician.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 May 2025
This experience was, especially to three Americans, authentically quaint and unexpectedly secluded.
—Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
While secluded from the outside world, cardinals under the age of 80 cast four votes each day until a candidate receives a two-thirds majority.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for seclude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seclude
Verb
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The incident is believed to be isolated and Boodarian is not a suspect in any other burglaries, the sources said.—
Julie Sone,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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While some environmental bacteria are known to isolate PFAS, the chemicals' interaction with human gut bacteria has been unclear.—
Jay Kakade
July 12,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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Court began as a campus summer program in the 1950s but was professionalized and somewhat separated from the university by the late Nicholas Rudall, who led the theater for decades prior to his retirement.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Now, the digital operation sits at the heart of TNT Sports’ ambitions as the outfit transforms its portfolio of game rights and prepares for a 2026 split that will separate Warner Bros.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
22 July 2025
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My early understanding segregated them into distinct Black American traditions: he, Du Bois, she, Washington; the new and the old; white-collar and blue; the talented tenth and those they were charged to uplift.—
Michael Thomas,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Indigenous art has been segregated into natural history museums, not art museums.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Seclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seclude. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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