in a vacuum
idiom
: separated from outside events or influences
The group was operating in a vacuum, cut off from the rest of the world.
The city's riots did not happen in a vacuum. They were caused by recent political events.
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However, there is no denying the amount of attention this event will bring and that’s never bad for the sport–at least in a vacuum.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This battle for control isn’t happening in a vacuum.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
This week, the Air Force announced that testing of the rocket's second stage motor in a vacuum chamber to simulate high-altitude conditions is going well.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
Like that, that is real — that relationships aren’t created in a vacuum of dandelions and daisies.
—Claude Smalls, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This battle for control isn’t happening in a vacuum.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
This week, the Air Force announced that testing of the rocket's second stage motor in a vacuum chamber to simulate high-altitude conditions is going well.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
Like that, that is real — that relationships aren’t created in a vacuum of dandelions and daisies.
—Claude Smalls, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
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“In a vacuum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20vacuum. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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