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Examples of isolation in a Sentence
the isolation of the mountain community
forced isolation always made the sociable child lonely
Recent Examples of isolation from the Web
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However, Graham struggles to score in isolation and when attacking the paint are concerning, with the big red flag being a sub-40 percent clip on two-point attempts.
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In zoos, two pandas are expected to mate in isolation.
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The United States has added an average of 202,000 jobs a month in the first three months of 2018, which probably reflects the true underlying trend better than either February or March in isolation.
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Many started like Marder, spontaneously, rebelliously, often in isolation, with no idea there were others like them Out There.
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If that’s the case, then species that lived in close proximity to each other would have evolved at different rates than species that lived in isolation.
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Regulation ended tied 118-118, when Richardson, given the chance to play in isolation, was off with a short jump hook just before the fourth quarter buzzer.
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Research shows that great ideas emanate from collaborative endeavors more than from work done in isolation.
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But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture.
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First Known Use of isolation
1833
isolation Synonyms
Synonyms
aloneness, insulation, privacy, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, sequestration, solitariness, solitude;
Near Antonyms
camaraderie, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, society;
Synonym Discussion of isolation
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- a few quiet hours of solitude
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- the isolation of the village in winter
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- lived in pastoral seclusion
ISOLATION Defined for English Language Learners
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: the state of being in a place or situation that is separate from others : the condition of being isolated
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: the act of separating something from other things : the act of isolating something
ISOLATION Defined for Kids
- … it was the cows who were responsible for the wood's isolation …
- —Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
Medical Dictionary
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