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isolation

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


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During that time, usually busy places like offices, schools and stores went eerily quiet, creating a feeling of isolation and uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

But he said the situation on the ground would indicate levels of isolation are currently on the lower end.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Ending work with his label and group, the rapper left for Europe where he made wine, licked his wounds and worked on music in isolation.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

I felt almost as helpless as my parents lying in their isolation rooms and didn't know whether to punch someone or cry.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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