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isolation

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


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"With the baby, I've been staying indoors more, keeping on top of checking the temperature… so there's that isolation," she said.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

As people live longer, social isolation can be a risk for older adults, who may face obstacles such as diminished mobility, limited access to transportation and often, the loss of a loved one or caregiver.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Rose lives in Tecopa, population 120, among people who’ve chosen the isolation, quietude, natural beauty and brutal conditions on purpose.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The island's isolation -- 2,000 kilometres east of the capital Jakarta -- has helped preserve these ancestral social structures.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

As Russia advances in space exploration, testing may include a 500-day stint in an isolation chamber.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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

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

“The ability to seemingly isolate every bone, every muscle, and to be so full of attack in those isolations, and then below, be like mercury in his legs. Seamlessly shape shifting.”

From Washington Post Feb. 11, 2022

George John Romanes, a British naturalist, has added to Wagner's idea of isolation, the expanded conception that there may be isolations that are not geographical.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian




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