as in to separate
to set or keep apart from others
rescuers finally reached outlying villages that had been isolated by the massive earthquake
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Recent Examples of isolate
Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2024
Although soy and soy protein isolate are accessible in the U.S., what is currently lacking is wet spinning capacity to make the yarn.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
If your child starts experiencing worrisome symptoms or unusual behaviors—such as isolating themselves from others, talking to themselves, or hearing or seeing things that other people don’t—seek psychological treatment right away.
—Carrie E. Bearden, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
While the overall prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistance isolates was 8.1 percent among the 2,804 isolates, five of those 13 provinces had prevalence rates above 10 percent.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2024
Although soy and soy protein isolate are accessible in the U.S., what is currently lacking is wet spinning capacity to make the yarn.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
That’s because surviving band members created it using AI tools to isolate and enhance a low-quality cassette tape of John Lennon singing and playing piano in the late 1970s.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
If your child starts experiencing worrisome symptoms or unusual behaviors—such as isolating themselves from others, talking to themselves, or hearing or seeing things that other people don’t—seek psychological treatment right away.
—Carrie E. Bearden, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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The monastery is also home to pink-robe-wearing novice monks, who train at Taung Kalat, and yetis, or hermit monks, who glide in their peaked caps in quiet contemplation across the precariously balanced complex.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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Our local guide, Joseph, noted that the once dapper distinguished Gaudi in advanced years became a disheveled hermit living in the church’s workshop.—
gqlshare,
Orange County Register,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The three dozen options available at every game now are separated into tiers.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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Opponents have accused the board of seeking to separate the relatively more affluent, white majority east side from the less affluent, more racially diverse west side.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The department does not just look at violent crimes as isolated incidents, but instead identifies patterns and repeat offenders to find those who are driving crime in Aurora, Thomas said.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Last summer, an unsettling quiet cloaked the isolated Southwest Alaska community of King Cove as the town’s economic engine — a sprawling seafood processing plant — sat shuttered.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.—
Kenny Herzog,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
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Brandon reportedly died by suicide locked in solitary in that shower cage.—
Tamara Carter,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2024
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Additionally, all funds received will be segregated into separate accounts dedicated to the consortium’s endeavors.—
Janean Sorrell,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Money has no color, but economic access has often been segregated.—
John Hope Bryant,
TIME,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Steve Mariucci and the coaching staff didn’t seem to know what to make of Rice, who had become more temperamental and withdrawn.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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The expressions on these youthful figures are intent and heartfelt: obedient, frightened, absorbed, wary, withdrawn, cruel, proud, sly, or shy.—
Michael Bracewell,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Spend the day exploring secluded sand dunes, collecting seashells or climbing to the top of Old Baldy, the state’s oldest lighthouse, for breathtaking views of the Atlantic.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2025
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While its housing market is competitive, with only a couple dozen homes currently available, all of them priced over one million dollars, the family-friendly community’s most expensive home on the market is a secluded estate spread across more than 10 acres and asking for $25 million.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That process, undertaken in cloistered seclusion, provides not only the movie’s action but also its warily aggressive tone.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Nov. 2024
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This is not the first time that a group of Silicon Valley elites have attempted to build a cloistered community, away from but still adjacent to the center of the tech industry.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
23 Oct. 2024
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“Isolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolate. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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