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isolate

[ahy-suh-leyt, ahy-suh-lit, -leyt] / ˈaɪ səˌleɪt, ˈaɪ sə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /


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While the brief looked at a variety of economic outcomes — including employment, wages and general inflation — looking at rental conditions alone can help isolate how housing markets spill over into people’s everyday lives.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

The U.S. in recent weeks has been trying to economically isolate Iran, which has raised the risks for any bank or crypto platforms that officials might determine are helping the regime evade the restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

He can stay wide and isolate a full-back, attack the space behind a defence or drift inside and combine with Barcelona's other forwards.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

The lawsuit alleges that others “enabled Burke to isolate the decedent” and “facilitated” his travel, housing and security.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Pomp is a fellow given to dreams, and did not much mind his tedious days nor his isolate, swampy environs.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

Cars pose a direct threat to pumas of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the freeway system also isolates them from other lion populations.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2024

The nucleolus isolates the rDNA which encodes the RNA portions of the ribosomes, the protein-building machinery.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

This isolates the bedroom, with me in it, from the rest of the rover.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Differences were even seen between the Iriomote cat and the Tsushima leopard cat, two geographically isolated forms of the leopard cat found in Japan.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

The police have since set up a task team to investigate the murders and have urged women in the Kempton Park area to avoid walking or running alone "particularly in isolated areas".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Or do you feel alone and isolated much of the time?

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Perhaps the most striking is the story of Compound E, an adrenal hormone isolated by the Mayo Clinic biochemist Edward Kendall in 1935 and later synthesized with great difficulty by Tishler and other Merck chemists.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

At Matrosskaya Tishina, about five hundred were infected, and deliberately isolated from the rest of the population.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

These include rapid diagnosis, isolating infected patients, tracing people who may have been exposed, strengthening infection control, and providing supportive medical care.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new campaign called “Operation Economic Outcast” aimed at isolating the Iranian regime.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 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

“It can be isolating if you’re the only Latino on a set,” Guido shared.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

It was a tremendous breakthrough, therefore, when, after years of effort, chemists of the Agriculture Department recently succeeded in isolating the attractant.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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