sequester

Example Sentences

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Each company that chooses to stay private sequesters wealth creation in the hands of a select few, rather than giving Main Street investors a chance to take a stake in the success of American enterprise.

From Barron's

The goal was to study how people and ecosystems survived in the sequestered, self-supporting habitat and to demonstrate the viability of a similar setup for future space travel.

From Scientific American

OCI's plant would be the world's first new commercial facility to capture and sequester 95% of the emissions produced from making ammonia.

From Reuters

He touted the trees’ ability to sequester carbon and said his farm’s water use — about 2.7 acre-feet per acre annually — was less than fields producing three rotations per year of tomatoes, cotton and corn.

From Los Angeles Times

An ill-fated ship synonymous with hubris and known for exposing the basest impulses of the uber-wealthy who fled the sinking steamliner in life rafts while leaving sequestered third-class passengers to die.

From Los Angeles Times