as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
tried to insulate their children from the often disturbing news in the mass media
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Recent Examples of insulate
New emails document how a top aide to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ordered analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating President Trump and Ms. Gabbard from being attacked for the administration’s claim that Venezuela’s government controls a criminal gang.
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Charlie Savage, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Changes will help insulate State Patrol and other state public safety pensions against inflation with cost-of-living adjustments.
—Jordan Shearer, Twin Cities, 20 May 2025
An injunction directing how such processes may unfold would be contrary to the policy of insulating legislative activity from 'outside interference' that undergirds this court's immunity jurisprudence.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 May 2025
And the inability to truly insulate yourself from calamity is what Final Destination is all about.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Charlie Savage, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Changes will help insulate State Patrol and other state public safety pensions against inflation with cost-of-living adjustments.
—Jordan Shearer, Twin Cities, 20 May 2025
An injunction directing how such processes may unfold would be contrary to the policy of insulating legislative activity from 'outside interference' that undergirds this court's immunity jurisprudence.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 May 2025
And the inability to truly insulate yourself from calamity is what Final Destination is all about.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulate
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My husband was isolating in our spare bedroom, leaving food outside my door three times a day.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Each bar also contained a dark chocolate coating made with cocoa sweetener, vegetable dietary fiber, maltitol syrup, soy nuggets, soy protein isolate, chopped cocoa cookie, sunflower oil, and sorbitol syrup.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
29 May 2025
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Airlines also often try to separate business travelers from leisure travelers, because business travelers are typically less price sensitive.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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There was gold but also plenty of garbage, with little time to separate the two.—
Son Nguyen,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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In 2016, Israeli news media reported that three hospitals were segregating Jewish and Arab mothers in their maternity wards.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Layered roof leaves offer a way to let air circulate — and a means to split the terminal into several mini-terminals in case one of them needs to be blocked off quickly to segregate passengers or test for diseases.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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