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
Byjon Cohen, science.org, 9 Aug. 2024
Near where Helene makes landfall, general rainfall of 8-12 inches is forecast, with two feet of rain possible in isolates areas.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Engineers can isolate issues more effectively and provide insights to their colleagues, enhancing overall design quality.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The institute has amassed the world’s largest catalog of Lassa genomes, sequencing more than 1000 isolates.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 9 Aug. 2024
Near where Helene makes landfall, general rainfall of 8-12 inches is forecast, with two feet of rain possible in isolates areas.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Verb
Idle and isolated in a Spanish-speaking world, Gardiner attended screenwriting lessons and penned a story about the mothers of Buenos Aires who lost children during a military junta.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Engineers can isolate issues more effectively and provide insights to their colleagues, enhancing overall design quality.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
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After the hermit’s death, the farmhouse then served various community purposes, from a teacher’s cottage to a meeting hall, but had been neglected until recently, when the Queen Mother helped the community acquire ownership and renovate it.Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Harrelson has a small but impressively loony role as a crazed hermit who claims to anyone who will listen that the end of days is here.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
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The two later separated in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2016.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 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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Mules were used to lug water and food to isolated mountain areas.Micheline Maynard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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What happened to Salinas and Villanueva are far from isolated incidents.Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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And the port city remains largely segregated by race.Debbie Elliott, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Until then, those votes will be segregated during the vote counting, said Bucks governmental spokesman Jim O’Malley.Mark Scolforo, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the film doesn’t glamorize Callas, and instead portrays her as sad and withdrawn.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Think of how the finale opening dwells on Georgie never getting a handshake this season — Paul left her hanging twice with an extended, and then a withdrawn, hand!Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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While many people might find a secluded spot in the corner or behind a piece of furniture, the adorable golden found his hiding spot right in the middle of the room just by covering his eyes.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The secluded property measured more than 6,000 square feet and featured five bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms overlooking the city skyline.Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
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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 18 Dec. 2024.
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