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isolate

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


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But, without sufficient testing, it was important to keep these people separate and isolate them from others in case they were infected.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Aggregate figures cannot isolate Maia’s contribution, so management’s explanation of infrastructure costs and product mix will matter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rights group Amnesty International urged countries to "resist" the move, saying the sanctions were "designed to isolate and ultimately destroy" the court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

By keeping their diets identical, the researchers could more clearly isolate the effects of exercise.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

It’s like trying to isolate a snowflake from a blizzard.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

I tried to make the point, when I began the book, that the people who were involved with chatbots were social isolates.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

This isolates the ethylene, resulting in a highly pure product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 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

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

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

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Long isolated in the palace, Puyi’s world had started to expand in 1918 when his advisers hired Reginald Johnston, a 44-year-old Scotsman from the British Colonial Service, as the teenager’s foreign tutor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

People whose sleeping brains produced more isolated slow waves had higher ratios of tau to amyloid, another protein closely associated with Alzheimer's disease, in their spinal fluid.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Garment workers in Bangladesh largely resumed work on Thursday after days of wage protests, although some factories remained closed and isolated demonstrations continued.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“This is an isolated situation involving the franchisee and does not affect Bloomin’ Brands’ corporate operations, financing, or liquidity,” Bloomin’ Brands spokesperson Elizabeth Daly said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

She was afraid that there was nothing shared at all, that all her assumptions were wrong and that with her words she had isolated herself further, and he would think she was a fool.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

MarketWatch looked at isolating just the days when oil prices rose a lot to see its effect on stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The lack of support feels isolating," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

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

I thought and thought all afternoon, and I could see that Chester had done a good job of isolating Bunnicula from his food.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe


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