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isolate

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


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Then there’s the fact that Nicaraguan migrants in the United States are a smaller and less powerful force than Cuban Americans, many of whom have lobbied Washington for decades to isolate and overthrow Havana’s leaders.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

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

“When loneliness hits them and the lack of a social support system, they start resenting the locals and perhaps even avoid meeting them and isolate themselves.”

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

AI poses temptations to isolate, but it can also be shaped to strengthen human bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

After a time, the fires were more isolate in their devouring; the town presented a spectacle of black chimney-stacks and scorched ruin as far as eye could see.

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

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

The latest research isolates the role of CSE itself.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2026

Using an SPV, he said, not only keeps the debt separate but also isolates the risk of a particular project.

From Barron's Nov. 3, 2025

“The Outrun” was shot in 2022 in London and the Orkney Islands, including the remote community of Papay, where Rona isolates herself in a cottage in the middle of winter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

For an Aristotelian, there is only one discipline that isolates efficient causes and structures and ignores all others, and that discipline is mechanics.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Encouraged by the discovery, we turned our attention to a more isolated area near Mt.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

“We were surprised and disappointed that our entire band was detained by the police, isolated and separately questioned – with some members subjected to hotel room searches and temporary passport confiscation,” it read.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Her symptoms sparked caution: she was isolated, medics wore personal protective equipment when treating her and when she died three hours later her body was carefully sealed in a coffin.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Grande said there were isolated incidents but nothing serious.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

This typically occurs when animals are isolated from each other by a physical barrier or another permanent form of isolation, ultimately leading to reproductive incompatibility.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The setup made it possible to recreate extreme conditions that ordinary solid materials cannot reach while isolating the effects of particle collisions.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Unlike deaths with associated rituals, road maps, and standards, those that are disenfranchised are complex, underacknowledged, and often isolating.

From Slate Jul. 19, 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

A monthslong internet blackout has severely disrupted online commerce, further isolating the youth demographic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

But the truth was that Oppenheimer had no desire to return to Harvard, which as a student he had found intellectually stimulating but socially isolating.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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