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
The decision from the high court expands the president's power over many independent boards and commissions, which Congress had insulated from political pressure by saying their members could only be removed by the president for cause.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
But to do its job well, the Fed needs to be insulated from outside political forces.
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Elizabeth C. Tippett,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
In Britain, for instance, which has been long accustomed to cool summers and dark, rainy winters, older houses like mine are poorly insulated and often leave inhabitants baking when outside temperatures climb.
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Beth Gardiner,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Some shades also have a core layer that insulates against heat.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for insulate
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
But to do its job well, the Fed needs to be insulated from outside political forces.
—
Elizabeth C. Tippett,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
In Britain, for instance, which has been long accustomed to cool summers and dark, rainy winters, older houses like mine are poorly insulated and often leave inhabitants baking when outside temperatures climb.
—
Beth Gardiner,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Some shades also have a core layer that insulates against heat.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for insulate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulate
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Where heat domes are hitting hardest in 2026 This summer’s extreme heat is not isolated to one region.
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First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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With its genetic material segregated at either pole, one cell can safely become two, born from a microscopic tug-of-war.
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The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds.
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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