isolate
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Researchers therefore needed a way to isolate the effects of fluid viscosity from other mechanical influences and determine whether extended exposure produces lasting changes in glioblastoma cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 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
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
The 1880s saw two scientists, France’s Louis Pasteur and Germany’s Robert Koch, isolate various bacteria—extremely small one-celled creatures—living in animals and humans and link them to specific diseases.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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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
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
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
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
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Two suspected cases were identified in Nigeria on Saturday, its disease control centre said, adding that the individuals have been isolated and they are undergoing testing.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The discoveries at Oued Beht indicate that the Maghreb was not isolated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
In its lawsuit filed in a federal court in Tennessee, the FTC joined states including Alabama, Arizona and New Jersey to allege “pervasive and systemic pricing inaccuracies, rather than isolated or accidental errors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Storms will start to arrive Friday, with stray showers in isolated areas and maximum temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal, according to the forecast from the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
And then this money came only to me: not to me and a rejoicing family, but to my isolated self.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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
For the wistful, lovelorn loner, it’s an imperative reminder that being attached at the hip can still be isolating, no matter how much two people think alike.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The incidents show that the AI companies need to have stronger, industrywide standards for isolating their systems during cyber testing, said Alex Stamos, chief product officer with the cybersecurity company Corridor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
If this sheet was not necessary as far as she was concerned, then she could remove it, for it was clear enough that Gregor could not derive any pleasure from isolating himself away so completely.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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