sequestered

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A major reason for the lower number of injuries is that children today are sequestered at home in front of computer screens rather than playing outdoors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

AFP reporters saw bomb squads patrolling Naypyidaw hotels ahead of the ceremony, and parliament was sequestered by rings of checkpoints.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The resulting carbon dioxide exhaust is then sequestered underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

Occasionally, Angie joined us, but most of the time she remained sequestered in her pink room, listening to the music we were forbidden in the rest of the house.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago