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isolate

[ahy-suh-leyt, ahy-suh-lit, -leyt] / ˈaɪ səˌleɪt, ˈaɪ sə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /


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Flowers has always been careful to isolate his family from the effects of fame.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“It’s kind of sad to be like: When we get older, we all have to isolate and not be as close,” says Stewart.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticized calls to isolate Spain, arguing the country’s border controls remain intact and warning against measures that could undermine European unity.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Traditional laboratory methods can isolate and identify peptides, but the process can produce enormous amounts of data.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

Here, already, he moves to isolate Catiline from “everyone”— “the people, ” “allgood men, ” “this venerable body”—and to present his arrogance as so contrary to common sense as to be bewildering and unnatural.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

By operating as a separate entity, GenCo isolates the cost of new growth to data centers, according to NiSource.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

The latest research isolates the role of CSE itself.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2026

This isolates the ethylene, resulting in a highly pure product.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

“The Outrun” was shot in 2022 in London and the Orkney Islands, including the remote community of Papay, where Rona isolates herself in a cottage in the middle of winter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

For an Aristotelian, there is only one discipline that isolates efficient causes and structures and ignores all others, and that discipline is mechanics.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Last year, the former Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said it had gone on for "far too long", but until now that was an isolated intervention.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Losing several state AG cases would make it more difficult for Meta to say the verdicts are isolated incidents and could create significant problems for its business model.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Dobrindt warned that the explosive found at Leipzig earlier this month was no "isolated case".

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

When everyone is writing about an outbreak of a disease, no matter how isolated, it can feel more pervasive and widespread than it actually is.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

“An isolated white steam plume puffed up … from near Spirit Lake … But what caused it?”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The setup made it possible to recreate extreme conditions that ordinary solid materials cannot reach while isolating the effects of particle collisions.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

The incidents show that the AI companies need to have stronger, industrywide standards for isolating their systems during cyber testing, said Alex Stamos, chief product officer with the cybersecurity company Corridor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Unlike deaths with associated rituals, road maps, and standards, those that are disenfranchised are complex, underacknowledged, and often isolating.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

"There's a lot of disabled people who are excluded when accessibility isn't taken into account, and it can be really isolating," she says.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

HARRY: Al—Albus, I’ve been exchanging owls with Professor McGonagall—she says you’re isolating yourself—you’re uncooperative in lessons—you’re surly—you’re — ALBUS: So what would you like me to do?

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling




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