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
The dynamic, which helped AmEx top expectations for first-quarter profit, shows that the company’s wealthier customer base may help to insulate it from concerns about tariffs and stubborn inflation.
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
This really feels more like a play for time than an effort to insulate this government action conclusively from judicial review.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The attacks represent one of Trump’s most pointed efforts yet to undermine the political independence of an institution historically insulated from White House influence to ensure stable economic stewardship.
—Nik Popli, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Natural disasters are increasing so much in frequency and intensity that even places once believed to be insulated from the worst of what’s to come—the cool, wet Pacific Northwest, for example—are experiencing greater effects from wildfire, storms, flooding, landslides and drought.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
This really feels more like a play for time than an effort to insulate this government action conclusively from judicial review.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The attacks represent one of Trump’s most pointed efforts yet to undermine the political independence of an institution historically insulated from White House influence to ensure stable economic stewardship.
—Nik Popli, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Natural disasters are increasing so much in frequency and intensity that even places once believed to be insulated from the worst of what’s to come—the cool, wet Pacific Northwest, for example—are experiencing greater effects from wildfire, storms, flooding, landslides and drought.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulate
Verb
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Furthermore, the current political and market volatility can become distracting, or even isolating.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Traumatic or abusive situations often distance or isolate people.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Start setting up your financial system by separating your personal and business finances.—
Alejandra Rojas,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Rojas had been separated from his wife for about a year.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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The lawsuit contends that despite having a refund policy, ECE International’s owners did not segregate travel deposits from non-refundable portions.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2025
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And while the formerly high-flying Bad Boy Records CEO and billionaire entrepreneur was used to the finest things in his former life, according to the New York Times, his life in the communal, dorm-style unit segregated from the rest of the inmates is a study in contrasts from his previous life.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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