insulate
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The electrification target unveiled in Bonn was "a flagship initiative" of COP31 that could respond to this crisis and help insulate economies from fossil fuel price shocks, the Turkish conference organisers said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Liberal Democrats also want families on low incomes to be able to insulate their home and install heat pumps for free.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
But even stable banking systems cannot insulate economies from ships sinking, harvests failing or strikes closing mines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Both Utako and Fuki chase after human connections fraught with danger, each trying to insulate themselves from the tragedy waiting at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
One time when a neighbor’s TV set broke, Dad opened the back and used a macaroni noodle to insulate some crossed wires.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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The company is known for food flavorings like monosodium glutamate—or MSG—but also for being the dominant supplier of Ajinomoto Build-up Film, a product that insulates the layers connecting processors to a chip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
She’s looking into options like a cover that insulates the water, hybrid heaters and new electric heating models.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
The historical record here may show that being a lame duck insulates a Fed chair from political pressures.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
"Investors and global central banks have... favoured gold as their reserve currency of choice, which they believe insulates them from US policy dependence," says Wall.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Myelin is often likened to the plastic coating around electrical wires—it insulates the neural circuits, making them about a hundred times faster than unmyelinated circuits.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Some who want the agency insulated from politics hope that the geeky, introverted Matsumoto is exactly the right type of person to put the perception of political meddling at the agency to rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
One reader uses an insulated lunch bag with reusable ice packs, along with sodas, so she doesn’t have to pay vending machine prices.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Now, at 80-years-old in his second term, he remains largely insulated from sustained scrutiny about his health.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
While he also briefly studied overseas in Switzerland, he was said to be a lot more insulated than his half-brother Kim Jong Nam.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
A coil of insulated electrical wire was looped over one shoulder.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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These entities are typically aimed at insulating the parent company from the risks and liabilities of a speculative investment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cook “are almost comically irreconcilable as a matter of logic,” argues Mark in a piece that explains how the justices simultaneously expanded executive power while insulating the one agency it appears to truly value.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Another company, Ajinomoto, uses byproducts from its world-famous umami seasoning to create insulating film for AI chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
"Getting out into nature and birdwatching is insulating against problems I had," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
He told the crowd that he had not come as a representative of Operation Breakthrough, insulating the organization from what he was about to say.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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