insular

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“It’s kind of an investor mind-set—you see failure everywhere all of the time, whereas maybe inside a firm you can have an insular view.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

From a scientific perspective, warm social contact activates specialised C-tactile afferents and temperature-sensitive pathways that send signals to the insular cortex.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

But the narrative also shines a crucial spotlight on L.A.’s Asian American community and its sometimes insular approach to handling emotional trauma, particularly mental illness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Mr. Carlsson introduces us to this insular, secretive world with the unhurried ease of a seasoned guide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She did not know that things had come to this; in Nsukka, life was insular and the news was unreal, functioning only as fodder for the evening talk, for Odenigbo’s rants and impassioned articles.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie