as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
tried to insulate their children from the often disturbing news in the mass media
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Recent Examples of insulate
In colder regions, gardeners may need to wrap plants in mulch and blankets to insulate the roots or move plants indoors for winter.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
They’re insulated by brotherhood, and by a culture that Frida knows would assume that the women were asking for it.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
In recent years, California’s power companies have been doing just that: insulating power lines and burying lines underground, trimming trees, deploying drones and using risk-detection technology.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
All are insulated and have a large handle, just like Stanley’s iconic Quencher.
—Sarah Felbin, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
They’re insulated by brotherhood, and by a culture that Frida knows would assume that the women were asking for it.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
In recent years, California’s power companies have been doing just that: insulating power lines and burying lines underground, trimming trees, deploying drones and using risk-detection technology.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
All are insulated and have a large handle, just like Stanley’s iconic Quencher.
—Sarah Felbin, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for insulate
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Rahal’s current iteration of David includes milk protein isolate, collagen and whey protein, and is held together with allulose and polydextrose.Simone Melvin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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More than 100 bridges would be lost, power lines toppled and coastal towns isolated.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Then the pilots flew over the Río de la Plata, the wide estuary separating Argentina and Uruguay.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Entrepreneurs often face the daunting task of separating their emotional attachment to the business from its financial valuation.Sara Khaki, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Virginia Key Beach Park In the 1940s, beaches, along with many other places, were segregated in the South.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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In most areas of the city, communities aren’t typically segregated by socioeconomic class.Hiwot Abebe, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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