insular

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Today many industry players produce “forever games” like “Minecraft” or “Fortnite,” in which the goal is to lock the player into an insular but endless competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Warsh has described the Fed as insular and committed to outdated economic models.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

From a scientific perspective, warm social contact activates specialised C-tactile afferents and temperature-sensitive pathways that send signals to the insular cortex.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

"There shouldn't be any reason for anyone to get individual or insular about what they want to do this week," said Stokes.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Supreme Court—the one branch of government charged with the responsibility of protecting “discrete and insular minorities” from the excesses of majoritarian democracy and guaranteeing constitutional rights for groups deemed unpopular or subject to prejudice.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander