as in separates
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 insulates
Leaving perennials standing insulates them against the cold and provides food for birds.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
Mulch insulates the roots and crown of the plant, helping to moderate temperature fluctuations and minimize the impacts of freeze-thaw cycles.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
Generally speaking, Usha Vance said the house insulates sound well and the kids, who are 8, 5 and 3 treat the entire house as their home.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Escape insulates its trailers with closed-cell foam and adds in a soft-touch vinyl interior layer.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
The structure also insulates Dudek from potential takeover bids from private equity firms.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The straw insulates, the alfalfa adds nitrogen to help fuel tiny microorganisms, also called microbes that process the body, and the sawdust soaks up extra moisture.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
They cannot be removed for their policymaking decisions, which protects their autonomy and insulates them from politics.
—Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
EVs can run on electricity produced here at home, which insulates Americans from global oil shocks and stabilizes energy costs.
—James Brock, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
Mulch insulates the roots and crown of the plant, helping to moderate temperature fluctuations and minimize the impacts of freeze-thaw cycles.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
Generally speaking, Usha Vance said the house insulates sound well and the kids, who are 8, 5 and 3 treat the entire house as their home.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Escape insulates its trailers with closed-cell foam and adds in a soft-touch vinyl interior layer.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
The structure also insulates Dudek from potential takeover bids from private equity firms.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The straw insulates, the alfalfa adds nitrogen to help fuel tiny microorganisms, also called microbes that process the body, and the sawdust soaks up extra moisture.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
They cannot be removed for their policymaking decisions, which protects their autonomy and insulates them from politics.
—Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
EVs can run on electricity produced here at home, which insulates Americans from global oil shocks and stabilizes energy costs.
—James Brock, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulates
Verb
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Asked what separates him from Donalds, Collins didn’t directly say.—
Shauna Muckle,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Across the country, communities are experiencing an escalation of militarized immigration enforcement that spreads fear, separates families and violates basic constitutional norms.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The standing side crunch isolates each side of your waist and strengthens your obliques.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Dec. 2025
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Far from being mere idle chit-chat, small talk proves to be an invaluable ally in cultivating social health—a precious virtue in a world where hyperconnection increasingly isolates us from one another.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Aug. 2025
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