in isolation
Example Sentences
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While grammar and vocabulary are undeniably important aspects of language learning, they don’t exist in isolation from how people communicate in everyday life.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
His spouse and three children, all asymptomatic, will be placed in isolation in the same hospital at Washington's request, according to the German authorities.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
He said conservation had often treated habitats in isolation, separating rivers, land, and marine environments.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He spent three weeks in isolation after catching Ebola while caring for patients in Liberia.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
Its safety in isolation came to an end in 1853, when the visit of Commodore Perry’s U.S. fleet bristling with cannons convinced Japan of its need to resume gun manufacture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
