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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

It also found staff had not been trained on how to isolate the oxygen supply in the case of an emergency.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Treasury yields are little changed in early European trade as investors weigh prospects of the Treasury buying back more long-dated bonds and the government’s measures designed to isolate Iran economically.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The main purpose of the five tests, one gathered, was to isolate and study, if possible, the source of Zooey’s precocious wit and fancy.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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

The latest research isolates the role of CSE itself.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 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

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

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Seventeen other penguin species live across the Southern Hemisphere, and many inhabit isolated islands that are difficult for scientists to reach and study.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

"Without them, people can become isolated and less able to participate fully in their communities," a spokesperson said.

From BBC Sep. 21, 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

They isolated themselves and fasted for a while.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

"All these operations, which are intermediate steps pending a more spectacular assault, contribute to weakening and isolating the regime", Bakary Sambe, director of the Dakar-based Timbuktu Institute, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

If this sheet was not necessary as far as she was concerned, then she could remove it, for it was clear enough that Gregor could not derive any pleasure from isolating himself away so completely.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka




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