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A huge wrinkle is that larger cities and metro areas benefit from economies of scale that help insulate them: they can afford dedicated OT security staff and redundant control systems.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Economists and policymakers widely agree that it is critical for the Fed to be independent from politics—a longstanding principle intended to insulate interest-rate policy from short-term thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“We have to to be able to manage, we have to be able to insulate as much as we can, and then we have to be able to lead with conversation,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

David Lawrence, of the Centre for British Progress think tank, puts it plainly: we don't tell people to insulate their homes in winter and then skip the radiators.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

One time when a neighbor’s TV set broke, Dad opened the back and used a macaroni noodle to insulate some crossed wires.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

She’s looking into options like a cover that insulates the water, hybrid heaters and new electric heating models.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

The historical record here may show that being a lame duck insulates a Fed chair from political pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

It insulates the water in winter while allowing it to melt in summer, Siebach said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

"Investors and global central banks have... favoured gold as their reserve currency of choice, which they believe insulates them from US policy dependence," says Wall.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Myelin is often likened to the plastic coating around electrical wires—it insulates the neural circuits, making them about a hundred times faster than unmyelinated circuits.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Yeti has been contending with competitive pressure in its drinkware business lately, with trendy brands like Owala and Stanley dragging on demand for its insulated water bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Analysts say the group's Chinese patronage and business ties have allowed Wa State to remain relatively insulated from the civil war consuming the rest of Myanmar since a 2021 military coup.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

I also know how much luck lives inside that sentence, and that not everyone who loves this game gets to be insulated the way I was.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

I would imagine she knows that no single outcome is guaranteed and there is no way to live a life totally insulated from regret or misstep.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Like George, he wore colorful snow goggles, a knitted ski mask, a dark, heavy parka, and insulated boots and wool mittens.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

As the atmosphere became drier, that insulating effect weakened, and temperatures dropped further.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

But Apple’s “go-slow” strategy comes in handy on days when investor concerns about AI overspending flare up, insulating the stock from downturns that hit the semiconductor space.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Unlike electricity, to which AI is often compared, users don’t have to wait for a power line or the invention of capacitors, insulating materials and electric motors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

These entities are typically aimed at insulating the parent company from the risks and liabilities of a speculative investment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Nor did the English regard the Dawnland wetu as primitive; its multiple layers of mats, which trapped insulating layers of air, were “warmer than our English houses,” sighed the colonist William Wood.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann