insulating

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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

"Getting out into nature and birdwatching is insulating against problems I had," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“By parlaying tactical gains from tech stocks into these emerging cyclical breakouts, investors can maintain exposure to the primary uptrend while insulating portfolios against the volatility of a cooling AI trade,” Piper Sandler’s Johnson wrote.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

"If the semiconductor industry wants to succeed with 2D materials, the active layer and the insulating layer must be designed together from the very beginning," emphasizes Mahdi Pourfath.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

But there was no insulating the sounds: the wail of a baby, the din of radios, the angry words of a family quarrel.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom