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verb

past tense of insulate

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Recent Examples of insulated
Adjective
Utilities, industrial businesses and other suppliers helping build AI infrastructure may also be benefiting from the same wave of spending, making their bonds less insulated from the AI cycle than investors might assume. Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Fill a basket or small tote bag with a favorite regional goodie (think cheese straws or pepper jelly), makeup wipes, a few hydration powder packs, and even an insulated coffee mug for mornings on the dock. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 July 2026 Where natural cover is thin, a dog shade canopy or an insulated outdoor dog house creates a dedicated cool retreat. Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Smaller, portable coolers are easier to carry to the beach or park with big groups, while insulated lunch boxes and soft-sided coolers are ideal for smaller groups or solo outings. Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026 In-floor radiant heat plus insulated tanks for four-season travel. Kris Millgate, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Just pack your pops into a large, insulated cup like a Yeti or a Stanley. Sari Hitchins, Parents, 29 June 2026 Luckily, the food was delivered in the afternoon and it was packed with plenty of ice packs in an insulated delivery bag. Marisa Malanga, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 June 2026 Last week, the 500,000-square-foot insulated warehouse, located in an industrial park between the 5 Freeway and a Union Pacific railroad terminal, caught fire while work was reportedly being done to rooftop solar panels. Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
European economies took the dual shocks much harder than the United States, which was insulated by a more diversified economy and a recent world-leading AI buildout. David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Countries that produce and export their own energy and that benefit from AI investment are insulated from the war’s economic damage. Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Premium devices, such as Samsung's foldables, may be somewhat insulated, but even Apple is projected to raise iPhone 18 Pro prices. Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Countries that produce and export their own energy and that benefit from AI investment are insulated from the war's economic damage. ABC News, 7 July 2026 That’s when Champion made thick cotton tops with hoods to help keep butchers warm in meat lockers and construction crews insulated during periods of cold outdoor labor. Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026 The self-image of a predominantly Anglo civilization on the far side of the world—a distant, lucky country insulated from global conflict—no longer holds. Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Trump has been probing the limits of his executive power, including over agencies designed to be insulated from political influence. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026 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. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulated
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Think of this effect as a slow simmer that builds with each exposure to the sun, rather than a single isolated event.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • The opening moments of this penultimate episode evoke enough genuine idealism and hope to feel like a rare breath of fresh air, holding the hermetic nastiness of the series in sharp relief.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 May 2026
  • The idea was first proposed by Cicero and lived on through the hermetic tradition.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • Americans elected to public office celebrate with supporters in cloistered hotel ballrooms, away from opponents.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Another work looked at a cloistered nerd and his obsessive hobbies.
    Paul Hodgins, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Without daily contact with peers, some children become more withdrawn, lonely or emotionally flat.
    John Samuels, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026
  • Blatter also suggested that Infantino, like a lot of dictators, has started acting withdrawn.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • This drag fellowship begins to wreak havoc in the secluded state that echoes medieval times.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • For time on the water, a private yacht charter is one of the few ways to reach the peninsula's most secluded coves, which are inaccessible by car.
    Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Adjective
  • Businesses can also partner with the nonprofit, while current and retired officers in need are encouraged to reach out directly for help.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • The 72-year-old retired teacher drove nine hours from western Massachusetts to the nation's capital, bringing 300 miniature maple syrup bottles and children's coloring books to help stock the state's booth.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Mosier Valley community was promised Mosier Valley Park in 2014, to be built on what was the site of the segregated Mosier Valley School.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • Historically in Chicago, parent fundraising has been a story of have versus have-not schools, a dynamic threatening to drive deeper inequity in a segregated district.
    Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

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“Insulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulated. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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