as in isolating
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 insulating
Graffiedi’s work centers on accelerating the collapse of the insulating vapor film formed during cryogenic cooling — known as the Leidenfrost effect.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Install tight-fitting, insulating drapes or shades on windows that feel drafty after weatherizing.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Fiberglass is used for its durability and insulating capacity in homes, since, as Palazzolo explained, the material does not expand or contract at different temperatures.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The insulating material will lock in heat, which is especially necessary during cold winter nights.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Until then, the NWS urges residents to take precautionary measures like insulating pipes and covering sensitive plants.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The drastic weather conditions, over time, led to the development of an insulating kind of coat—one that’s tough to come by, difficult to source, and challenging to harvest.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
In addition, water has insulating properties, and moist soil holds onto heat and radiates warmth longer than dry soil.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Over the next few years, groups at IBM and Bell Labs attempted to spot macroscopic tunnelling in devices called Josephson junctions, which are circuits made from two superconductors separated by a thin insulating barrier.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Install tight-fitting, insulating drapes or shades on windows that feel drafty after weatherizing.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Fiberglass is used for its durability and insulating capacity in homes, since, as Palazzolo explained, the material does not expand or contract at different temperatures.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The insulating material will lock in heat, which is especially necessary during cold winter nights.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Until then, the NWS urges residents to take precautionary measures like insulating pipes and covering sensitive plants.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The drastic weather conditions, over time, led to the development of an insulating kind of coat—one that’s tough to come by, difficult to source, and challenging to harvest.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
In addition, water has insulating properties, and moist soil holds onto heat and radiates warmth longer than dry soil.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Over the next few years, groups at IBM and Bell Labs attempted to spot macroscopic tunnelling in devices called Josephson junctions, which are circuits made from two superconductors separated by a thin insulating barrier.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulating
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Rather than isolating elders to a clinical setting, Assisted Living Magazine encourages environments where leisure, purpose, and community are part of everyone’s daily life.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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During the dictatorships after World War II, the natural barrier of the Accursed Mountains was fortified, set about with land mines, and patrolled, effectively isolating the stronghold of Albania from the rest of the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Yet, asked specifically about the fine hairs separating the top three undefeated teams in this first ranking, Mack Rhoades, the committee chair and athletic director at Baylor, sounded like a man torn between numbers and gut feelings.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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To overcome the challenge, the scientists used state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to sift through massive amounts of data, separating the elusive tWZ signal from background noise.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Insulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulating. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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