Meaning & use
sequestered
Kept isolated or hidden away from other people or influences.
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The jury was sequestered in a hotel for the duration of the trial.
She spent the summer sequestered in a cabin, writing her second novel.
A note on using this word
Sequestered often implies isolation for a specific, official, or protective reason, as with a sequestered jury.
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