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
Leeds fans would have only just finished insulating themselves to the inevitable pain ahead as Axel Disasi equalised with an acrobatic head-level shot that could easily have been deemed a high foot by the officials.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The concern is America isn’t insulated from the global oil market’s price shock.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
The Epos and Topos residences are insulated with green roofs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
The city’s geographic location insulates it from some of the excesses and blinkered thinking that often dominate other metropolises.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The concern is America isn’t insulated from the global oil market’s price shock.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
The Epos and Topos residences are insulated with green roofs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
The city’s geographic location insulates it from some of the excesses and blinkered thinking that often dominate other metropolises.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulate
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The incident was isolated and remains an ongoing investigation, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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So that part of Lebanon is now completely isolated from the rest of Lebanon.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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On a computer, Krause pulled up a chromatography analysis, which separates mixtures into individual components.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Marriott is digging deep to separate itself as a luxury provider.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Until the 1990s, many of New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras krewes were segregated.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The public schools were segregated, and for decades there was no Black high school at all.—
Jonathan Entin,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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