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isolate

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


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The company began investigating the issue immediately and opted to recall all of its Tractor Wheels products when it couldn’t quickly isolate the problem to a particular batch, Foraker said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

The fact that the approach worked with multiple compounds suggests that it could provide access to a much wider range of these previously difficult to isolate molecules.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

But, without sufficient testing, it was important to keep these people separate and isolate them from others in case they were infected.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Aggregate figures cannot isolate Maia’s contribution, so management’s explanation of infrastructure costs and product mix will matter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Whatever this mystery monster is, the General said it would come for you. They wanted to isolate you from the group, so the monster will appear and battle you one-on-one. “He said that?”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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

Turning liquid whey into premium protein concentrates and isolates takes multimillion-dollar ultrafiltration systems and drying towers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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

"We want to build a care system that supports them, not isolates them."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025

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

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

People feel isolated when no one seems to be looking out for them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

By transporting carbon into deep water, sinking particles can keep some of it isolated from the atmosphere for centuries or longer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

As a young person, he felt isolated by his grief.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

When B-Real’s not on the road, though, he’s a resident of Moorpark in Ventura County, where he says life can feel slower and more isolated than it did in his youth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Confined and isolated, Mudd would wait to learn what price he would have to pay for his part in hiding Lincoln’s assassins.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Instead of physically isolating and examining hundreds of thousands of peptides, the program analyzed the roughly 20,000 genes that encode human proteins, looking for sequences where the enzyme was likely to make cuts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Our replacement was isolating so we moved closer to town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Backed by child protection groups, Marquetty unsuccessfully opposed the closed-door proceedings, arguing that it was "paradoxical" for a defendant accused of isolating his victims to be tried behind closed doors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 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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