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isolate

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


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She told the programme staff naturally want to isolate sick patients but were unable to do so due to "completely stowed out" waiting rooms.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Rights group Amnesty International urged countries to "resist" the move, saying the sanctions were "designed to isolate and ultimately destroy" the court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

"When we're able to maintain the same body weight and observe what happened in the body, we can directly isolate what physical exercise contributed to before weight loss," Moura explains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Other parts of the Ukrainian armed forces are using a similar approach to strike logistics and isolate Russian soldiers at the front, reduce Ukrainian casualties, thwart Russian advances and intercept drones, among other key functions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Pomp is a fellow given to dreams, and did not much mind his tedious days nor his isolate, swampy environs.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

I tried to make the point, when I began the book, that the people who were involved with chatbots were social isolates.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

While Mr. Graham-Dixon isolates the technical from the theological, Mr. Weber integrated the “optical and iconographic” aspects of Vermeer’s life and work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

To identify these enzymes, the research team used a technique that isolates proteins physically attached to chromatin, the natural packaging of DNA in human cells.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026

This is how he isolates the true impact of that single switch on the sprawling circuit board.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Australia said on Friday it had sanctioned two North Korean individuals and companies over the use of "fraudulent" IT workers and cybercrime to earn cash for the isolated nuclear-armed state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"When we isolated only the mitochondria and added RNA, we still saw mitochondrial damage," said Dr. Djamal Brahim Belhaouari, the study's first author.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Kenya has isolated 134 people after a man who flew into Nairobi from Congo died of Ebola, with eight of those isolated testing positive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Both were leading unconventional, isolated lives and relied on faith for solace, even joy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was normal, then, that he should be missed, even mourned—for it’s a hard thing when someone dies at a school like Hampden, where we were all so isolated, and thrown so much together.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

MarketWatch looked at isolating just the days when oil prices rose a lot to see its effect on stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The lack of support feels isolating," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Fox treated the disclosure as a fireable offense, cutting Bartiromo loose after over 12 years, isolating her from her own staff in her final weeks and firing her executive producer alongside her.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

These include rapid diagnosis, isolating infected patients, tracing people who may have been exposed, strengthening infection control, and providing supportive medical care.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

But Úrsula, just to be safe, took the precaution of isolating Rebeca from the other children.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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