insularity
Example Sentences
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The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Despite their insularity, Thompson’s works offer a reportorial curiosity of the world and a generosity toward working people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
"Such wanton destruction of the German cultural scene, such self-inflicted insularity, must not be allowed to happen," it said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
For a long time, that insularity protected winning intellectual property.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
As has been already observed in a previous chapter, the conquest of Britain by the Normans modified the insularity of the people and brought them into closer communication with the people of the continent.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Vocabulary lists containing insularity
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