isolate
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Upstream production, or the process of getting oil out of the ground, is relatively straightforward; it’s easier to isolate the problem and restart the system quickly.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
"Nothing in and of itself will fix this but these activities will bring prices down. They won't isolate the UK - we're part of a global system - but they will bring prices down."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Military strategists say that in an invasion or blockade of Taiwan, China could isolate the island nation by using mines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Researchers can later isolate these tagged cells from living cell populations using techniques such as flow cytometry.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
He argued that Fort Detrick was closer to the outbreak than was the C.D.C., in Atlanta, and therefore it was appropriate for the Army to have the samples and try to isolate the virus.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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