isolate
Example Sentences
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Until now, these signals were widely thought to come from single, isolated stars.
From Science Daily
"As we carry out repairs there is a chance that customers could experience temporary outages as the team isolate areas of the network to make them safe to restore," a spokesperson said.
From BBC
Sadly, what happened to us was not an isolated incident.
From BBC
She then isolated a “shock” to child care prices — an event, unrelated to something like a recession or a spike in inflation, that made the cost of care go either up or down.
From Salon
Millions of Iranians have been left reliant on the country's intranet, which supports a wide range of domestic apps while keeping users isolated from the outside world.
From Barron's
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