isolation
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These results add to evidence connecting loneliness with brain function in older adults, while also suggesting that isolation may not directly increase the risk of dementia.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
"We have a tendency to look at things in isolation," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Speaking during an Easter Vigil on Saturday, the pontiff called for "a new world of peace and unity" and decried the divisions created by "war, injustice and the isolation of peoples and nations".
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
The company has historically fetishized refinement, isolation and effortlessness—summed up in the company’s favorite word, “waftability.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
But the innocence which our isolation sheltered could not last forever, and the affairs of the town began to reach across our bridge and enter my life.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Vocabulary lists containing isolation
Western Europe - Introductory
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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