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cloistered

[kloi-sterd] / ˈklɔɪ stərd /


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Remembering that the naked nuns are not cloistered because of some vocational dedication to Christ but because of their troublesome uselessness to the patriarchal order, they become that much more sympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But inside the cloistered environs of the Christian right, it reads as tough.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

But until then, I cherish my cloistered time by the spoonful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Journalists who work for institutions are so cloistered and shut down at this point.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025

She had a normal life that did not include being cloistered in a bubble for fourteen hours a day with her sick teenage daughter.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon


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