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Recent Examples of insularity
Reviewers are screened for prior collaborations and conflicts of interest with applicants, panels are structured to prevent disciplinary insularity, and majority self-citation is flagged as a disqualifying bias (the OMB rule’s citations are almost entirely self-cited).
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Kelly Fleming,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
The insularity of You Follow Me makes the album beguiling.
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David Harris,
SPIN,
11 June 2026
The same talent insularity that has held Hindi-language cinema back has, by contrast, been avoided by cricket.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 May 2026
Adieu Euro-American insularity, hello world beat.
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Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
To do so, the party will have to find an antidote for party insularity syndrome.
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Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Tomkins was witness to the art world losing its old insularity and museum shows becoming celebrity gatherings and status symbols.
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ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
At the center of it all, with its estates and postcard vistas, is Merritt Island (population around 35,000), projecting an air of serene insularity.
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Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
But insularity has its costs, and they were borne entirely by the Iranian people.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Kelly Fleming,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
The insularity of You Follow Me makes the album beguiling.
—
David Harris,
SPIN,
11 June 2026
The same talent insularity that has held Hindi-language cinema back has, by contrast, been avoided by cricket.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 May 2026
Adieu Euro-American insularity, hello world beat.
—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
To do so, the party will have to find an antidote for party insularity syndrome.
—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Tomkins was witness to the art world losing its old insularity and museum shows becoming celebrity gatherings and status symbols.
—
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
At the center of it all, with its estates and postcard vistas, is Merritt Island (population around 35,000), projecting an air of serene insularity.
—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
But insularity has its costs, and they were borne entirely by the Iranian people.
—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insularity
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Historically, parochialism about other minds has been a bad bet—reflexive dismissal won’t get us any further than credulous acceptance.
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Proximity and parochialism dictate that the San Diego Wave’s biggest rival is Angel City, Los Angeles’ National Women’s Soccer League club.
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.
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This provincialism was identified as such and condemned by Merlin Klee, who had been a Freedom Rider as well as a Catholic before joining the community.
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Meanwhile, back in the 1990s, suspicious foes and new strains of mutant intolerance are on the rise in the wake of the X-Men’s absence.
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Both are generally safe, although kefir may not be suitable for those with lactose intolerance or a milk allergy.
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“Insularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insularity. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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