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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Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Even last season at 36 years old, Durant averaged a league-leading 1.16 points per possession in isolation on the sixth-most isos in the NBA.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Up and down California, local governments are enforcing their homeless policies haphazardly and in isolation, pushing people out of their cities — and straight into their neighbors’.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Success is not driven by talent alone, nor by sheer willpower in isolation.
—Maja Zelihic, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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“In isolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20isolation. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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