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sequestration

[see-kwes-trey-shuhn, si-kwes-] / ˌsi kwɛsˈtreɪ ʃən, sɪ kwɛs- /


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The farm also collects quantifiable data for soil carbon sequestration.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

The estate of former first minister Alex Salmond is seeking sequestration – the Scottish legal equivalent of bankruptcy – due to costs linked to court action.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Department of Energy were issued by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations under the Biden administration and primarily focused on carbon capture and sequestration and decarbonization initiatives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

The study's findings are helping piece together the puzzle of wetland carbon sequestration on a global scale.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

Any inconvenience due to our sequestration will be outweighed by the Protection afforded both against the PoIitself and against other Tumults of this Colony, of which we all must be sensible.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson