in isolation
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: apart from others : separately
The researchers work in isolation.
Their culture developed in isolation from the rest of the world.
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Engage Key Stakeholders Decisions made in isolation rarely stand strong.
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Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In an age of globalisation (albeit one in apparent retrenchment), styles that once developed in isolation have now largely converged.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Nor could the Pacific be thought of in isolation from what was happening further west.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa will deliver the second meditation, after which everyone but electors will leave the chapel so that the cardinals' can begin the conclave in isolation.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In an age of globalisation (albeit one in apparent retrenchment), styles that once developed in isolation have now largely converged.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Nor could the Pacific be thought of in isolation from what was happening further west.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa will deliver the second meditation, after which everyone but electors will leave the chapel so that the cardinals' can begin the conclave in isolation.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 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 21 May. 2025.
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