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Sequester See Kwess Ter Verb Remove Isolate Portion Larger Great

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(see-KWESS-ter), verb

To remove and isolate a portion from a larger whole.

“A great deal of genetic engineering must be done before we have carbon-eaters SEQUESTING carbon in sufficient quantity to counteract the burning of fossil fuels.” – Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist and mathematician

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