isolate
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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
Travelers from Ebola-affected regions are barred from entering rebel-held areas or must isolate for three weeks, according to aid workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
They directed consumers to isolate the plant immediately, keep it in the original pot away from other plants and out of the trash or compost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
In 1957, the biochemist Arthur Kornberg set out to isolate the DNA-copying enzyme.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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
Both the CQC and NHS England say there is no category that isolates private GP registrations.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 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 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
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And he led negotiations for China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 -- a move seen as consolidating the country's transformation from an isolated economy under Mao to the marketplace of the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
It should do the same for experimental sandboxes, requiring air-gapped systems—secure, isolated computer testing environments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Discoveries such as Silescelida acristata show that even isolated parts of the skeleton can reveal fundamental information about evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
People aren’t as isolated; they are reconnecting with the real world.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Tala Leprosarium is located in the isolated foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains on 1,500 acres of rich, rolling land and sloped terrain.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
“Grief is really isolating, especially child loss, because very few people lose their children,” Ferrante told me, adding that her relationship with the father ended two months after Ysa’s funeral.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Crump fears the ban could make young people less likely to seek support for online harms if they do encounter them, as well as isolating them from communities and information.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
But Úrsula, just to be safe, took the precaution of isolating Rebeca from the other children.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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