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Recent Examples of sequestration United Airlines is investing in direct air capture startup Heirloom and secured rights to purchase 500,000 tons of CO2 for sequestration or use in making cleaner jet fuel. Ben Geman, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025 If that theory holds up to scrutiny, sequestration strategies will be less effective. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025 Exponentially worse than sequestration that crippled the military in 2011. 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 See All Example Sentences for sequestration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestration
Noun
  • From tech to energy, these careers offer six-figure potential and solitude.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In an interview with Variety, Majors responded to a comment about Maddox’s crushing solitude and the on-screen violence by asking where the reporter sees violence in the film.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Long commutes, isolation from friends, and unexpected maintenance costs have turned dream homes into financial and emotional burdens.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The damages go beyond loss of learning, a dire consequence in its own right: Millions of families, both children and parents, still carry the scars of stress, depression, and isolation.
    David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This will have a chilling effect for founders and innovators in the crypto/digital asset space looking to build infrastructure, particularly involving privacy preserving technology.
    Andrea Tinianow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The audit, initiated at the request of congressional leaders, will specifically examine whether DOGE adheres to privacy and data protection laws.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The city integrated, but block-by-block segregation kept white and Black residents apart.
    Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Since 1869, segregation in Detroit public schools had been outlawed by the state’s Supreme Court.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Sequestration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestration. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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