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insulate

verb as in protect; close off

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On weekends off from filming, I’d bring margaritas in an insulated bottle for family trips to the park, telling myself it was the same as brunch drinks with friends, which our schedule no longer allowed.

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The Justice Department’s manual includes the post-Watergate requirement that legal judgments must be “impartial and insulated from political influence.”

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“Having these projects come to fruition is really the only chance we have at insulating people from skyrocketing utility bills year after year,” Lee said — particularly in the face of energy-thirsty AI.

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In response, Congress enacted reforms designed to ensure that legal actions by the Department of Justice and the FBI, the department’s main investigative arm, would be insulated from politics.

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He said the insulating material could break down, which allowed energy to flow between the different sections.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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