isolate
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The best way to contain an outbreak is to quickly diagnose cases, isolate patients and track down all their contacts to break the chain of transmission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"With my friends, I tend to either overshare and regret it, or isolate myself from them and regret it."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
It acted like a molecular beacon, allowing scientists to detect and isolate BiP more easily during experiments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Then there’s the fact that Nicaraguan migrants in the United States are a smaller and less powerful force than Cuban Americans, many of whom have lobbied Washington for decades to isolate and overthrow Havana’s leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
All he has done is isolate the question of garlic and magnets from the larger context in which it was normally placed, that of sympathy and antipathy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Turning liquid whey into premium protein concentrates and isolates takes multimillion-dollar ultrafiltration systems and drying towers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
By operating as a separate entity, GenCo isolates the cost of new growth to data centers, according to NiSource.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
The latest research isolates the role of CSE itself.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
“The Outrun” was shot in 2022 in London and the Orkney Islands, including the remote community of Papay, where Rona isolates herself in a cottage in the middle of winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
For an Aristotelian, there is only one discipline that isolates efficient causes and structures and ignores all others, and that discipline is mechanics.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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And he led negotiations for China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 -- a move seen as consolidating the country's transformation from an isolated economy under Mao to the marketplace of the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said that the death appears to be an "isolated incident" with no wider risk to the public but that officers will "continue to be visible in the area".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It should do the same for experimental sandboxes, requiring air-gapped systems—secure, isolated computer testing environments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
People aren’t as isolated; they are reconnecting with the real world.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
I drew near houses; I left them, and came back again, and again I wandered away: always repelled by the consciousness of having no claim to ask—no right to expect interest in my isolated lot.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The setup made it possible to recreate extreme conditions that ordinary solid materials cannot reach while isolating the effects of particle collisions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 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
Unlike deaths with associated rituals, road maps, and standards, those that are disenfranchised are complex, underacknowledged, and often isolating.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
"There's a lot of disabled people who are excluded when accessibility isn't taken into account, and it can be really isolating," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Jail seems isolating as hell, even when people visit you.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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