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Recent Examples of insular Belichick, always an insular coach, further withdrew during that season amid his team’s struggles, according to team sources with knowledge of the situation. Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 An even more explicit example of Marin County’s stubborn resistance is occurring in Fairfax, another insular community a few miles from Newsom’s new home. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024 Watch on Deadline One major focus for Ando was to build bridges between Japan’s notoriously insular film industry and leading filmmakers in the rest of the world – hence the TIFF Lounge, which Ando devised with Cannes Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters). Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024 The group became increasingly insular, and encouraged Lenz to distrust anyone outside of it. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for insular 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insular
Adjective
  • This may seem like an impossible task in a world where politics is becoming more divisive, foreign policy more parochial, and social media bubbles more impenetrable.
    Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
  • For more than a century, religious education had been deeply entrenched in the state; in Cleveland, the parochial system was one of the largest in the country.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The pig’s mouth revealed its ordinary sharp, tusk-like canines saddled up beside smaller, slightly more human-looking teeth nubs.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Negative thinking focuses all our thoughts and energy inward which in turn creates a small and narrow focus.
    Sandy Thibault, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • What does revoking Biden's security clearance accomplish other than satisfy a petty grievance of a childish man?
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The purview of his catalogue narrowed, focusing on refining a reputation as a petty king in rap and in relationships.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, Fox News enjoys a narrower degree of separation from the Trump administration these days, owing to the fact that two former anchors, Pete Hegesth and Sean Duffy, have been approved to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
  • These distinctive heels, characterized by a narrow base at the foot that widens toward the bottom, offer a bold and retro-inspired silhouette.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Insular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insular. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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