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cloistered

[kloi-sterd] / ˈklɔɪ stərd /


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He was born into the cloistered art world as the son of a German Jewish art dealer who fled Berlin in the 1930s and restarted his business in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

A vast blaze has torn through the historic Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy, the Italian fire service said Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 22 cloistered nuns.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

“It is cloistered, but with an underlying power.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Fernanda's cloistered passion built an impenetrable dike against Úrsula's torrential hundred years.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez