isolate
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TAO is working to isolate that weak emission, while the Double Chooz findings now provide the first published benchmark for studying the residual signal from shut-down reactors and spent-fuel pools.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s kind of sad to be like: When we get older, we all have to isolate and not be as close,” says Stewart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticized calls to isolate Spain, arguing the country’s border controls remain intact and warning against measures that could undermine European unity.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Here, already, he moves to isolate Catiline from “everyone”— “the people, ” “allgood men, ” “this venerable body”—and to present his arrogance as so contrary to common sense as to be bewildering and unnatural.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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The latest research isolates the role of CSE itself.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
This isolates the ethylene, resulting in a highly pure product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Using an SPV, he said, not only keeps the debt separate but also isolates the risk of a particular project.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
“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
This is how he isolates the true impact of that single switch on the sprawling circuit board.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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“That was the request, and I honored it. ... He asked me not to share ... and it isolated me in the process.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The post-coup leadership was isolated for five years but has started a diplomatic offensive, touting deeply restricted polls it staged around the start of 2026 as a return to normality.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Losing several state AG cases would make it more difficult for Meta to say the verdicts are isolated incidents and could create significant problems for its business model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"They haven't received aid yet because Nitung Village was isolated for nearly two days after the quake," he said, noting that efforts were underway to rush aid to the survivors.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
At the time, the world paid little attention to the war and its victims because East Africa is so isolated and so seldom featured in the world’s news.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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For some it can be an isolating experience.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
"Decisions of state are not made by one person alone, and they cannot be judged honestly by isolating one moment from the whole crisis," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
There was a real appeal in his noisy voice, as if Ginnie, by her answer, could save him from some particularly isolating form of pioneering.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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