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insulate

[in-suh-leyt, ins-yuh-] / ˈɪn səˌleɪt, ˈɪns jə- /


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Makhijani told an associate he took extra precautions because wanted to insulate himself from litigation and that “they were sharks in the distressed world who took advantage of people,” the affidavit stated.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Then there’s its unique geography, which has often helped insulate it from security risks and external threats.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 2026

The Liberal Democrats also want families on low incomes to be able to insulate their home and install heat pumps for free.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

But even stable banking systems cannot insulate economies from ships sinking, harvests failing or strikes closing mines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

It appears that McCandless was saving them to insulate his clothing or perhaps to make a feather pillow.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

She’s looking into options like a cover that insulates the water, hybrid heaters and new electric heating models.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2026

The airline has said owning the refinery insulates it from supply disruptions in the Northeast and helps mitigate risk from volatile prices—effectively lowering its jet-fuel costs, often by several cents a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

Venture Global owns or leases nine ships, which also insulates it from shipping prices, which have soared because the conflict has disrupted global commerce.

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

The historical record here may show that being a lame duck insulates a Fed chair from political pressures.

From MarketWatch Feb. 19, 2026

They bought a parka made of reindeer skin, because reindeer hair is hollow and insulates well; and the hood was lined with wolverine fur, because that sheds the ice that forms when you breathe.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

We raised a generation insulated from failure, from consequence, from the experience of working for something, failing and trying again.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

One reader uses an insulated lunch bag with reusable ice packs, along with sodas, so she doesn’t have to pay vending machine prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Now, at 80-years-old in his second term, he remains largely insulated from sustained scrutiny about his health.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

While he also briefly studied overseas in Switzerland, he was said to be a lot more insulated than his half-brother Kim Jong Nam.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

We were insulated from their world and any other world but our own.

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

These entities are typically aimed at insulating the parent company from the risks and liabilities of a speculative investment.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The same research found, external that women also have a higher core body temperature and body fat percentage than men, which acts like an extra insulating layer.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Cook “are almost comically irreconcilable as a matter of logic,” argues Mark in a piece that explains how the justices simultaneously expanded executive power while insulating the one agency it appears to truly value.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

The transaction, announced on Monday, puts the oil giant on track to produce steady cash flows for years, insulating it from the boom-and-bust nature of oil and gas.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Inside everything is tinted blue from the tarp that covers the walls, insulating the structure against the cold.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth




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