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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequesteredadjective

    providing privacy or seclusion

    "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

  2. sequesteredadjective

    kept separate and secluded

    "a sequestered jury"

Wiktionary

  1. sequesteredadjective

    Something that has already been separated.

ChatGPT

  1. sequestered

    Sequestered generally refers to the act of isolating or hiding away something or someone from the outside world. It can mean setting aside resources or property, often in legal context, or referring to a place that is quiet, private, and away from people. In legal cases, it can also refer to a jury being kept apart from outside influences. In biology, it can mean the absorption and storage of a particular substance. The term suggests a sense of detachment or separation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sequestered

    of Sequester

  2. Sequesteredadjective

    retired; secluded

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequestered in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequestered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sequestered in a Sentence

  1. Bennie Thompson:

    Mike Pence life was at risk, there were people who had gallows erected on the lawn of the Capitol ostensibly to hang the vice president. There were people on them threatening the life of the vice president. The vice president could not leave the Capitol of the United States because of the riot. He was sequestered in an area in the Capitol. So his life was in danger.

  2. James Butts:

    These are sociopathic killers that have to be sequestered from society, turn yourselves in. We will find you, and we will prosecute you.

  3. Washington Irving:

    The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.

  4. President Biden:

    I wasn't going to say anything about it, but Philonise said today on television, and he accurately said it was a private conversation because Joe understands what it was like to go through loss. They're a good family, and they're calling for peace and tranquility, no matter what that verdict is. I'm praying that verdict is the right verdict, which I think it's overwhelming, in my view. I wouldn't say that unless the jury was sequestered now.

  5. Democrat Adam Schiff:

    If those conversations with Putin or with other world leaders are sequestered in that same electronic file that is meant for covert action, not meant for this, if there's an effort to hide those and cover those up, yes we're determined to find out.

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