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isolation

[ahy-suh-ley-shuhn, is-uh-] / ˌaɪ səˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɪs ə- /


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The geopolitical bottleneck does not operate in isolation.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Loneliness, isolation from family, and depression can be particularly devastating for the elderly, and antidepressants only go so far.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Glenn Whipp says, “ ‘DTF St. Louis’ is the standout limited series, a murder mystery in form that’s really about suburban loneliness, particularly the isolation that can cripple middle-aged men.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Battling the isolation this caused, the 51-year-old described how her speech therapist "has given me a chance to rejoin the world".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Colin Maclaurin and Brook Taylor, perhaps the best British mathematicians in the era of isolation from the Continent, discovered how to use calculus to rewrite functions in a totally different form.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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