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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The visual signatures suggest that workshops operated not in isolation, but as a cooperative group of artisans who consciously left their identifiers behind.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
This was one of the ugliest matches in recent memory; a game that, in isolation, only those fond of trench warfare could love.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Yet the novel also shows that moral imagination cannot thrive in isolation.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
Poetically, collaboration and togetherness were motifs throughout the evening, as no behind the camera job is accomplished in isolation.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
This was one of the ugliest matches in recent memory; a game that, in isolation, only those fond of trench warfare could love.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Yet the novel also shows that moral imagination cannot thrive in isolation.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
Poetically, collaboration and togetherness were motifs throughout the evening, as no behind the camera job is accomplished in isolation.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in isolation
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“In isolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20isolation. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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