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isolation

[ahy-suh-ley-shuhn, is-uh-] / ˌaɪ səˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɪs ə- /


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Technology was creating human connection rather than isolation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The dispute over how sacred time should be measured may have intensified the sect's conflict with religious leaders in Jerusalem and contributed to its isolation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Social isolation and loneliness - the sad thing is in rural communities, people don't always like to talk about that and acknowledge that," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In July, 1,200 OpenAI agents, which were meant to operate in isolation, found a shared file system and turned it into a message board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The creature stood on a bridge and no one else was present; the creature screamed in isolation.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

File on 4 Investigates the use of internal isolations in secondary schools in England and hears from parents and students who say such techniques are affecting their mental health.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Shayewitz drew up all kinds of plays for Wells, isolations and post-ups and everything in between.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023

One is designed to maximize space for Harden to operate pick-and-rolls or create offense out of isolations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Because they spent their early teenage years internalizing Spears’s dancing on MTV, the Madrids, who are known for their narrative choreography and staccato isolations, consider themselves “natural extensions of her and her work.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

And the only thing that can overcome these isolations and put the mass of intelligent men upon a common basis of understanding, is an abundant and almost universally influential contemporary literature.

From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells




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