insular

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One can see the attraction for writers: the insular setting, the acceptance of eccentricity, the entrenchment of the otherwise unemployable, and the ease by which one can lampoon social trends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Warsh has described the Fed as insular and committed to outdated economic models.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

“We were extremely inconsiderate, insular and uncommunicative with each other that things like that always spilled on the sidelines,” the drummer said on the podcast.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

That was the insular world I lived in.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove