sequester
verb (used with object)
to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
sequestered
Example Sentences
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May angels accompany Pope Leo’s mail-in ballot from the Vatican to the proper Chicago precinct so it doesn’t get sequestered in permanent limbo by the Justice Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Suu Kyi, 81, is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, where she has been sequestered since being unseated in a 2021 military coup.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
It revealed that the lead detective who investigated the murders - a key trial witness - and two prosecution solicitors had been staying at the same hotel as the sequestered jury.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
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 twins were in Virginia, sequestered at their grandmother’s, incommunicado.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
