as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious
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Recent Examples of seclude
Offers secluded spaces for dining, lounging and meditation, designed to promote both physical and mindful wellness.
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
These men spent thirteen days secluded near Maryland’s Catoctin Mountain and produced a peace treaty that has endured for forty years.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
The movie, now on Netflix, is a strong comeback vehicle for the Oscar-winning actress
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There’s a story that soprano Maria Callas, secluded in her Paris apartment in the months before dying of a heart attack at 53, could be found paging sadly through her clippings.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In the past five years, Elevations employees have failed to follow mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse, improperly secluded children for days on end and have conducted unauthorized strip searches, according to state records.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
These men spent thirteen days secluded near Maryland’s Catoctin Mountain and produced a peace treaty that has endured for forty years.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
The movie, now on Netflix, is a strong comeback vehicle for the Oscar-winning actress
Comments
There’s a story that soprano Maria Callas, secluded in her Paris apartment in the months before dying of a heart attack at 53, could be found paging sadly through her clippings.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In the past five years, Elevations employees have failed to follow mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse, improperly secluded children for days on end and have conducted unauthorized strip searches, according to state records.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seclude
Verb
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The Arctic Ocean, nearly isolated from larger oceans by land bridges, became a vast, shallow, nutrient-rich basin.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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This means the elite of El Salvador likely traded in ritualistic traditions and customs across great distances, contradicting previous beliefs that these communities were isolated, according to Antiquity.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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For the flight test, Eisele maneuvered Apollo 7 into position with a docking target painted on the side of the Saturn rocket’s upper stage (the capsule had separated from the upper stage the day before and let some distance grow between the two vehicles before trying the maneuver).—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The couple eventually separated and then divorced in 1990.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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But many Latino residents here are largely segregated from their wealthy, mostly white neighbors.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Education, housing and public places like hotels and restaurants everywhere were segregated by race.—
Amanda Luberto,
The Arizona Republic,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Seclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seclude. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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