as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
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Recent Examples of sequestration
Carbon Sequestration and Renewable Projects: The IRS will finalize guidance on carbon oxide sequestration credits (§45Q) and enhance the domestic content bonus credit (§45(b)(9)) to support U.S.-based manufacturing in clean energy.
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Recent incidents have highlighted potential risks: In September, a carbon capture well in Illinois experienced sequestration fluid migration to an unauthorized underground zone, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture and sequestration are supported by the Newsom administration, and considered a major part of the governor’s action plan to reduce greenhouse gases over the next two decades.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture, sequestration and removal projects need funding to scale, though.
—Eyal Harel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Recent incidents have highlighted potential risks: In September, a carbon capture well in Illinois experienced sequestration fluid migration to an unauthorized underground zone, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture and sequestration are supported by the Newsom administration, and considered a major part of the governor’s action plan to reduce greenhouse gases over the next two decades.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Carbon capture, sequestration and removal projects need funding to scale, though.
—Eyal Harel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
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California Altadena had soul, solitude and community.—
Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Venus retrograde first challenges your sense of connection, then asks you to trust solitude.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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If there’s insufficient isolation, attackers can jump from one tenant to another.—
Anshu Bansal,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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America’s competitors and adversaries are under real and growing pressure, even as their greater isolation draws them closer together.—
Jake Sullivan,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
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Then on Thursday, Baldoni filed a $400 million federal lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds, as well as Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of multiple offenses, including defamation, civil extortion, invasion of privacy and interference with contractual relations.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Despite her efforts at privacy, the family’s home address was leaked online, allegedly by her daughter’s classmate.—
Kait Hanson,
Glamour,
18 Jan. 2025
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In July 1948, when President Harry S. Truman signed the executive order ending segregation in the military, Leftenant-Colon saw it as an opportunity to get regular status in the Army Nurse Corps, something that eluded her until then because of her race.—
Cheryl W. Thompson,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, when the effects of wealth gaps and school segregation are accounted for, test score gaps substantially narrow.—
Shoumita Dasgupta,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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