sequester
verb (used with object)
to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
sequestered
Example Sentences
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Yet at that moment—in sequestered design studios scattered around California—engineering boffins were up to their elbows in the next generation of EV pickups, and still are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The soft tissue and lipids inside that many carcasses "translates to roughly 6.7 million tonnes of sequestered carbon," Xiaotong Peng said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The first installment revolved around solar contractor Ronald Gladden, who participated in a court case along with a preposterous group of actor-jurors sequestered together for the proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Now, of course, that’s a ridiculous premise because it suggests that people only come to the president, he never goes anywhere else, that he should be sequestered in this fortress.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
We ate the meat all right and were glad to have it, but the trinkets she sequestered in her bedroom, out of sight.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
