isolate

Example Sentences

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A workaround was found to isolate the batteries from the vibration, which allowed the car to run for longer.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Because the mice were exposed only to pure nicotine during the experiment, the researchers were able to isolate its effects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

At their best, sci-fi thought experiments isolate technological shocks, project them forward under different conditions of social and environmental stress, and ask: What breaks first?

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Charlotte says she began to isolate herself, until she couldn't even face going to college except to sit exams.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

All he has done is isolate the question of garlic and magnets from the larger context in which it was normally placed, that of sympathy and antipathy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton