isolate
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Upstream production, or the process of getting oil out of the ground, is relatively straightforward; it’s easier to isolate the problem and restart the system quickly.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
This approach allows researchers to isolate the effects of specific microbes on disease.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Researchers then isolate these synapses and use high-throughput sequencing to read which barcode pairs are found together.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Reducing consciousness to information or perception can isolate its functions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
The 1880s saw two scientists, France’s Louis Pasteur and Germany’s Robert Koch, isolate various bacteria—extremely small one-celled creatures—living in animals and humans and link them to specific diseases.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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