insular

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Japanese chip makers became too insular, said Koike, and should have teamed up with U.S. firms to stay competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“It’s kind of an investor mind-set—you see failure everywhere all of the time, whereas maybe inside a firm you can have an insular view.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 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

Their world was insular, away from the real world that I was running from.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride