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insulate

[in-suh-leyt, ins-yuh-] / ˈɪn səˌleɪt, ˈɪns jə- /


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"You won't necessarily be able to insulate every single wall," Morton says, "but by even doing the 50% best is actually massive in terms of energy bills."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

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

The suit is an attempt to insulate Paramount from those costs, which it says will only accrue because of the ongoing legal action.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 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

It appears that McCandless was saving them to insulate his clothing or perhaps to make a feather pillow.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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 airline has said owning the refinery insulates it from supply disruptions in the Northeast and helps mitigate risk from volatile prices—effectively lowering its jet-fuel costs, often by several cents a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 19, 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

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

By comparison, modern-day insulated car interiors offer aural bliss, but they’re dampening the sound of emergency sirens, law enforcement agencies maintain.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The plutonium is inside a bunch of pellets, each one sealed and insulated to prevent radiation leakage, even if the outer container is breached.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Colder air can hold less water vapor, which normally acts like an insulating blanket around Earth.

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

These manmade chemicals are stable, resistant to extreme temperatures and pressures and have insulating properties.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Legal experts said any claim by Hearn could be complicated by the grand jury indictment against him, which the Justice Department could point to as insulating its decision to bring a prosecution.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

He told the crowd that he had not come as a representative of Operation Breakthrough, insulating the organization from what he was about to say.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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