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si-KWEST-uh/sɪˈkwestə/

To sequester is to isolate or set apart; also to take property until a debt is paid: sequester the night slice, a sequestered n. Isolate (already in the dictionary) is everyday; dropping a slice without a note is still a methods hole.

Meaning

To isolate or set apart; also to take property until a debt is paid (from isolate, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Do not sequester the night slice from the n without a codebook note.”
• “Isolate is already in this course. Set apart is the close twin. Silence is a slogan. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then keep the silence if the ethics minute still allows the cut.”

Good to know

Set apart; isolate. Everyday: isolate (already in the dictionary). Silence ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

isolate, seclude, set apart

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