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isolate

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


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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

“As I come back home and isolate, I romanticize about the past, and the music is the best way for me to live that. I get to watch my own soundtrack through the music.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Traditional laboratory methods can isolate and identify peptides, but the process can produce enormous amounts of data.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

The incubation period of Ebola ranges from two to 21 days and the humanitarian worker will be required to isolate throughout.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

After a time, the fires were more isolate in their devouring; the town presented a spectacle of black chimney-stacks and scorched ruin as far as eye could see.

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

Each successful mission further isolates Russians at the front.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 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

To identify these enzymes, the research team used a technique that isolates proteins physically attached to chromatin, the natural packaging of DNA in human cells.

From Science Daily Mar. 9, 2026

"We want to build a care system that supports them, not isolates them."

From BBC Aug. 18, 2025

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

Georgia Harrison did not attend court, but the prosecution read out a statement where she described feeling isolated, exposed and unsafe, and asked for the restraining order to be extended.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

In these cases, fertilization becomes a coordinated effort rather than a contest involving isolated cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Nicaragua, diplomatically isolated within the Americas, withdrew from the OAS in November 2023.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The OpenAI models were being evaluated on their cyber capabilities in an isolated sandbox.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Those residing in ghetto communities were particularly ill equipped to adapt to the seismic changes taking place in the U.S. economy; they were left isolated and jobless.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

"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

Raymie stood for a long time on the sidewalk in front of the Golden Glen, flexing her toes and isolating her objectives.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo




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