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isolate

[ahy-suh-leyt, ahy-suh-lit, -leyt] / ˈaɪ səˌleɪt, ˈaɪ sə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /


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The incubation period of Ebola ranges from two to 21 days and the humanitarian worker will be required to isolate throughout.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

They directed consumers to isolate the plant immediately, keep it in the original pot away from other plants and out of the trash or compost.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The success of liver treatment eventually led scientists to isolate the deep red compound now known as vitamin B12, or cobalamin.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

That helps isolate the specific impacts of the GI Bill, the landmark 1944 law that effectively provided free college to millions of returning U.S. servicemen.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

The children wanted to take Paige upstairs, isolate her, and have her speak to them with the directness and the concealed softness about the chances of their father being alive.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

By operating as a separate entity, GenCo isolates the cost of new growth to data centers, according to NiSource.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

This isolates the ethylene, resulting in a highly pure product.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Both the CQC and NHS England say there is no category that isolates private GP registrations.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

The nucleolus isolates the rDNA which encodes the RNA portions of the ribosomes, the protein-building machinery.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

A waist-high barrier isolates it from the rest of the space.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Ismail al-Saifi, another resident of Tell, told AFP the settlers' presence in the village was not an isolated incident, and that locals had decided to fight back on Friday.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Instead of relying only on the planet's visible brightness, the scientists isolated narrow molecular signals that are characteristic of a planetary atmosphere.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

Bertha was expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals around 6 inches, through Thursday, from western Florida into southern Louisiana, making flash flooding possible especially in urban areas.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Chile's disaster response service, Senapred, said the extreme weather has left thousands affected, with more than 99,000 people isolated and several people missing nationwide.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Chattana had always been isolated from its neighbors, but the destruction was so great that no one could have helped them anyway.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

“Grief is really isolating, especially child loss, because very few people lose their children,” Ferrante told me, adding that her relationship with the father ended two months after Ysa’s funeral.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

It can be an isolating experience because people worry about facing judgement from others, she says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“It can be isolating if you’re the only Latino on a set,” Guido shared.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

"All these operations, which are intermediate steps pending a more spectacular assault, contribute to weakening and isolating the regime", Bakary Sambe, director of the Dakar-based Timbuktu Institute, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Both involved quarantines—the practice of isolating someone with a highly infectious disease from the healthy population.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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