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verb

past tense of insulate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of insulated
Adjective
Known as sand batteries, these systems convert electricity into heat and store it inside large, heavily insulated containers filled with sand or similar solid materials. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026 The insulated design keeps a cold drink cold and a hot one hot, so fill it with your festive seltzers or hot cocoa and sip in holiday style. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 6 Nov. 2026 Dark, quiet places like attics, closets, and basements are particularly important to declutter, since mice are drawn to calm, insulated corners. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026 Heavier or insulated styles make more sense once temperatures drop. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026 The team set out to develop a method for creating connection points along tiny insulated wires right where each accompanying microchip would need them. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026 Traditional Christmas string lights feature bulbs spaced along an insulated electrical cord. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026 Analysts said checking accounts are more insulated because they are tied to everyday payments, while savings accounts, where customers are more focused on earning higher yields, could face greater competition. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Lucas seconds her shoe suggestion, specifically calling out this insulated Chelsea boot style that has a durable rubber outsole and a waterproof suede upper. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
The big silver lining was that other key household expenses, such as food, appeared to be insulated. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026 That was where the first responders found him—sitting calmly and cross-legged, insulated from the intrusive buzz and searing light of the world around him. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Nov. 2026 The election stripped away the sheen of inevitability that once insulated both the billionaire and his pet project. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026 Instead of imposing wealth taxes, countries that are serious about safeguarding their political systems should take their cues from those democracies that have successfully insulated their politics from the influence of large fortunes. — Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026 But a public safety budget comprising more than half of the county’s entire operating budget should not be insulated from ordinary legislative oversight by the threat of a subpoena. — Jose Navarro, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said at a news conference on Wednesday that AI investment is not insulated from monetary policy. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 Yet Dunlap is also somewhat insulated from that critique due to his years spent as the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, a pro-2nd Amendment group that supports hunters and fishermen. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 Employee ownership, however, has not insulated the studio from financial pressures. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulated
Adjective
  • According to the group, the isolated guitar notes were lifted from the middle of Sparks’ solo on the record, slowed down, and distorted to avoid detection or identification of the sample.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Possible locations include the regional capital Yakutsk, the Lena River, the Lena Pillars – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and isolated rural villages.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Native children were often separated from their families and communities through boarding schools, where they were discouraged or prevented from speaking their Native languages and practicing their cultures.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • During his imprisonment, al-Sakani was separated from his wife, Iman, and their 3-year-old daughter, Misk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Impossible than to the hermetic paranoia of Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • O’Neill, a physics professor at Princeton, argued for the practical possibility of building human habitats that would float between Earth and the moon, housing tens of thousands of people in hermetic environments with earthlike gravity and climate.
    — Jacob Weisberg, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • There, Trump could not resist asking if Xi had brought other global leaders to this cloistered preserve.
    — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Sisters embody a unique culture of prayer, silence, solitude and community, living in a contemplative and cloistered order.
    — Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The withdrawn application had requested approval to build a 166,000-square-foot warehouse on a parcel off Hill Road between State Highway 55 and North Horseshoe Bend Road, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Adjective
  • The 1,400-square-foot primary suite has a separate office, dual walk-in closets, and a serene bath spotlighted by a copper soaking tub and access to a secluded Zen garden.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The Escape Wood Boho Tiny Home is move-in ready, offering a secluded, cold-weather oasis that’s fully customizable.
    — Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Michael Peregrine is a retired Chicago lawyer and an alumnus of the River Forest Park District.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • On June 5, a jury convicted Jones, his wife, Kateryna, and retired union executive William Creeden of racketeering conspiracy, embezzlement and other felonies.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Born in 1915 in Jonestown, Brooks grew up amid the inequalities of a segregated city.
    — Sarah M. Boye, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Later that year, seven Freedom Schools taught thousands of Black students subjects excluded from segregated public education, including Black history, foreign languages and how to petition the government.
    — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Insulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulated. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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