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Trump in the first week of his second term has further sealed off access.
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Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
But Jenin’s camp residents remained marginalized in the West Bank and sealed off from Israel, seeing little improvement in their lives, even after the transfer of administrative powers from Israel to the Palestinian Authority in 1995.
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Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers sealed off the area, and fragments of the plane in DHL’s trademark yellow could be seen amid wreckage scattered across the crash site.
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Siarhei Satsiuk, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above
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“Seal off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seal%20off. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
seal off
verb
: to close tightly
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