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as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious
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as in to confiscate
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 sequester
In the long term, the company plans to sell or lease larger versions of the robots, estimating that waste from the world’s row plants can sequester roughly 2 billion tons of CO2 as biochar each year.
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Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
The rock reacts with carbon dioxide in the soil and the CO2 is sequestered.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Then, the gas is often used in industrial applications or sequestered in geologic reservoirs deep in bedrock.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Immediately after closing arguments, the judge read the jury instructions, and the jury was sequestered under guard.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
The rock reacts with carbon dioxide in the soil and the CO2 is sequestered.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Then, the gas is often used in industrial applications or sequestered in geologic reservoirs deep in bedrock.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Immediately after closing arguments, the judge read the jury instructions, and the jury was sequestered under guard.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Many users joined the app in early 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was otherwise isolating them from community and other creative outlets.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Advocates say the complaints show a persistent pattern of exploitation in an industry, with limited oversight, that employs some of the most vulnerable workers in the country — workers isolated, without social networks, who often don’t speak English.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Jan. 2025
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School employees eventually confiscated it, finding the tan and black semi-automatic handgun inside with 30 rounds of ammunition and an attached laser pointer, charges allege.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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Corey then allegedly confiscated the women’s phones, shot the gun out the window, and then pointed the gold gun at the two ladies.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Bucs receiver responded by hitting Lattimore hard enough to separate him from his helmet.—
Rick Stroud,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2025
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In 2020, Trump, in his first term, issued an executive order requiring TikTok to separate itself from Chinese ownership, but it was blocked by courts.—
David G. Savage,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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However, if needed, stubborn leaves can also be removed with a razor blade.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2025
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Meta is removing employee criticism over its hiring of UFC CEO Dana White from an internal company messaging system.—
Makena Kelly,
WIRED,
9 Jan. 2025
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Officials ignored procedures developed by the Michigan Department of Corrections requiring them to segregate prisoners who either tested positive or had been in close contact with those who had, Gordon alleges.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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The votes will be segregated during the vote counting, said Bucks County governmental spokesman Jim O'Malley.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2024
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TikTok and content creators on the app argued the ban violates their First Amendment rights by cutting off all speech on the platform, while the federal government argued the ban is necessary for national security, given ByteDance’s Chinese ownership.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Kira Weibel was in eighth grade when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the student’s Altadena charter school, cutting off critical community connections.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Sequester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequester. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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