insular

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The CIA turned back to former Chevron personnel who understood the insular working of Maduro’s inner circle and its convoluted oil sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Warsh has described the Fed as insular and committed to outdated economic models.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

From a scientific perspective, warm social contact activates specialised C-tactile afferents and temperature-sensitive pathways that send signals to the insular cortex.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

"There shouldn't be any reason for anyone to get individual or insular about what they want to do this week," said Stokes.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

In the hands of Voltaire, say, or Jonathan Swiff, these accounts stimulated a new perspective on European society, forcing a reconsideration of that insular world.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan