in isolation
idiom
: apart from others : separately
The researchers work in isolation.
Their culture developed in isolation from the rest of the world.
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Proactive defense strategies can significantly reduce risk and strengthen resilience against evolving threats, but DNS security cannot exist in isolation.
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David Redekop, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Even in isolation, Graber displayed a future tech founder’s knack for self-invention.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
History and immunology has shown repeatedly that communities in isolation from one another are extremely vulnerable to unfamiliar pathogens.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
There is power in community but only paralysis in isolation.
—Mary Wolshok, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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David Redekop, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Even in isolation, Graber displayed a future tech founder’s knack for self-invention.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
History and immunology has shown repeatedly that communities in isolation from one another are extremely vulnerable to unfamiliar pathogens.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
There is power in community but only paralysis in isolation.
—Mary Wolshok, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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“In isolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20isolation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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