insular
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In the film, Cullen, from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, plays a closeted man who finds he will go to any lengths to keep up appearances in his insular community.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The ad business has always been extraordinarily insular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Still, four and a half years into the war, criticism is multiplying over the lack of dialogue between society and the presidency, which critics say has become increasingly insular.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
To OpenAI’s credit, it disclosed this incident publicly, although I have to wonder if there would have been any way to keep this quiet in the insular tech world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Supreme Court—the one branch of government charged with the responsibility of protecting “discrete and insular minorities” from the excesses of majoritarian democracy and guaranteeing constitutional rights for groups deemed unpopular or subject to prejudice.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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