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isolation

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


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By then I was living back at my parents’ house, all my books in storage and anticipating my summer of isolation in the Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

The harsh environment would confine people to domes or underground shelters, where boredom and isolation would be real dangers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of examining single brain regions in isolation, researchers now focus on how different areas communicate and form networks.

From Science Daily

Some described social isolation among constituents who had become too scared to drive in the dark.

From BBC

Only Hawaii and Alaska, whose isolation requires expensive shipping, cost more.

From The Wall Street Journal