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seclusion

[si-kloo-zhuhn] / sɪˈklu ʒən /


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The BBC also uncovered documents showing staff did record the use of seclusion for some pupils at Whitefield.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Rushdie lived in seclusion in London for a decade after the 1989 fatwa, but for the past 20 years -- until the attack -- lived relatively normally in New York.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The wealthy Vanessa has spent her life in seclusion, waiting for Anatol, the lover who abandoned her 20 years earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Mitch returns to seclusion but is finally able to write poetry again.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

In the years prior to his death, when Halliday had been living in seclusion, the only thing he’d posted on his website was a brief looping animation.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The report says that programs around the country have reduced restraints and seclusions as well as problem behavior using other strategies to calm students.

From Newsweek Feb. 13, 2015

The report outlined 14 recommendations for reducing the number of restraints and seclusions across the state.

From Newsweek Feb. 13, 2015

Collecting and publicly reporting the numbers of seclusions and restraints was a good first step, Diaz said.

From Washington Times Jan. 17, 2015

The Loch in its whole length and breadth—the magnificent expanse unbroken, though bedropped, with unnumbered isles—and the shores diversified with jutting cape and far-shooting peninsula, enclosing sweet separate seclusions, each in itself a loch.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

Sal knew very well to whom she was indebted for her "temporary seclusions," as she called them, and she exerted herself to repay the debt with interest.

From The English Orphans by Mary Jane Holmes




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