in a vacuum

idiom

: separated from outside events or influences

The group was operating in a vacuum, cut off from the rest of the world.

The city's riots did not happen in a vacuum. They were caused by recent political events.

Examples of in a vacuum in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dimon, for decades one of the most powerful figures in global finance, offered his views not in a vacuum, but in the midst of a global market crisis sparked by the new import tax regime. —Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025

For some viewers with knowledge of his off-screen reputation, watching Majors radiate quiet hostility in Magazine Dreams may already make the all-consuming performance difficult to evaluate in a vacuum. —Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025

But pharmaceutical products aren’t produced in a vacuum and the cost of another class of goods that haven’t even been exempted could very well be passed on to the production of generic drugs, which account for 90 percent of prescriptions in the U.S. —Joseph Choi, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025

And, of course, there’s always the front of house service to consider, as nobody tastes food in a vacuum. —Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025