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
The school denied dragging Jake or secluding him, Boyer said.
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025
The cardinals will seclude themselves in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from external contact, and swear an oath of secrecy to maintain the integrity of the process.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Sometimes when this happens, school staff seclude her.
—Dylan Peers McCoy, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
Photo : Andrew Pogue The home is secluded in a dense forest near the water.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2025
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025
The cardinals will seclude themselves in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from external contact, and swear an oath of secrecy to maintain the integrity of the process.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Sometimes when this happens, school staff seclude her.
—Dylan Peers McCoy, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
Photo : Andrew Pogue The home is secluded in a dense forest near the water.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seclude
Verb
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My husband was isolating in our spare bedroom, leaving food outside my door three times a day.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Each bar also contained a dark chocolate coating made with cocoa sweetener, vegetable dietary fiber, maltitol syrup, soy nuggets, soy protein isolate, chopped cocoa cookie, sunflower oil, and sorbitol syrup.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Airlines also often try to separate business travelers from leisure travelers, because business travelers are typically less price sensitive.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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There was gold but also plenty of garbage, with little time to separate the two.—
Son Nguyen,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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In 2016, Israeli news media reported that three hospitals were segregating Jewish and Arab mothers in their maternity wards.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Layered roof leaves offer a way to let air circulate — and a means to split the terminal into several mini-terminals in case one of them needs to be blocked off quickly to segregate passengers or test for diseases.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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“Seclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seclude. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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