insular
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Warsh has described the Fed as insular and committed to outdated economic models.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
“He was quiet, insular and not exactly blessed with social skills,” Mr. Corera writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 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
Growing concerns about physical safety and political marginalization are prompting California’s Jewish community to withdraw from civic engagement and embrace more insular communal structures, particularly among Orthodox populations who face fewer barriers to community cohesion.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
She did not know that things had come to this; in Nsukka, life was insular and the news was unreal, functioning only as fodder for the evening talk, for Odenigbo’s rants and impassioned articles.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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