hermetic

Example Sentences

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The country had enjoyed a decade-long democratic experiment after a history of hermetic military rule.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

MIT is an enclave even within the hermetic world of Cambridge academia—a place where complex, bleeding-edge ideas spawn from sterile labs and filthy dorm rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

It was a marked contrast to Rossen’s current life, which is largely hermetic and domestic, confined to the four walls of his home.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

Previous generations didn’t have the chance to taste some version of the hermetic bliss millions of us were exposed to over the past five years.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

The Visit Room constituted a sort of breach in the wall between the hermetic world of the prison and the universe outside.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover