as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
what would you bring for sequestration on a desert island?
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Recent Examples of sequestration
Exponentially worse than sequestration that crippled the military in 2011.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The analyst also pointed to the company’s noncore businesses as attractive pieces of its portfolio and potential growth drivers, including small modular reactors and carbon capture, utilization and sequestration.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Scientists have questioned the practicality of commercial-scale, permanent sequestration of carbon dioxide from burning coal and other fossil fuels.
—Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The military also worked with civilian leaders to manage Obama’s deep budget cuts, as well as the even more disruptive limits imposed by the 2013 sequestration.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The analyst also pointed to the company’s noncore businesses as attractive pieces of its portfolio and potential growth drivers, including small modular reactors and carbon capture, utilization and sequestration.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Scientists have questioned the practicality of commercial-scale, permanent sequestration of carbon dioxide from burning coal and other fossil fuels.
—Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The military also worked with civilian leaders to manage Obama’s deep budget cuts, as well as the even more disruptive limits imposed by the 2013 sequestration.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
Noun
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The news was the type of surprise that necessitated a few moments of solitude.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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After the many weeks in the solitude of woods and mountains, Goldie showed a strong dislike for the crowds and traffic noises of San Francisco.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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Varley’s grip, her taut observation of nerve-wracking isolation, loosens and the film devolves into a blunt and clichéd consideration of family.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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The most successful domestic noir and psychological thrillers of recent years have tackled universal anxieties: housing insecurity, financial precarity, isolation in the digital age, the fragility of relationships.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Teens commonly described negative experiences involving social drama, cyberbullying and privacy violations.—
Abdulmalik Alluhidan,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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And what that did was show that the legacy of segregation isn't just a literal thing, sometimes it's also seen in something small like our celebrity culture.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The company identified a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting, specifically in the segregation of duties within its cash disbursement control design.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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