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isolate

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


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"When we're able to maintain the same body weight and observe what happened in the body, we can directly isolate what physical exercise contributed to before weight loss," Moura explains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

When horses showed symptoms, Mr. Dugatkin writes, veterinarians and stable hands “did not isolate or quarantine them because they did not believe the disease was spread from one animal to another.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Of course it made sense to isolate people from each other if you were going to treat them like this!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

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

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

A waist-high barrier isolates it from the rest of the space.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

When I write, I sometimes take my computer with me so I will not become isolated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Since Carter’s death, I feel paranoid and isolated."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Whether the man or the beast is more isolated and miserable may be debated, but the gorilla, we assume, hasn’t had to face the harsh truth of his insignificance in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Assistant Chief Constable Peter Gardner said Burgess was in his own room, isolated from residents and posed no risk.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I knew that the results I obtained were not easily compatible with our contemporary science,” Mendel wrote, and “an isolated experiment might be doubly dangerous.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fox treated the disclosure as a fireable offense, cutting Bartiromo loose after over 12 years, isolating her from her own staff in her final weeks and firing her executive producer alongside her.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

For some it can be an isolating experience.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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 focused on isolating the data related to Castle Anorak and the forces the Sixers had positioned in and around it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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