insulating

present participle of insulate

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Recent Examples of insulating Covering them can help mimic the conditions of a cellar—insulating them against fluctuating temperatures and keeping them from drying out. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025 More importantly, insulating your tank reduces standby heat loss, ensuring hot water stays hot without extra energy demand. Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 This creates urgency while potentially insulating OpenAI from criticism—acknowledging the bubble exists while positioning his company's infrastructure spending as different and necessary. ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025 Some states are even passing laws insulating their universities from being punished for breaking the pay-for-play rules. Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 This novel state of matter is a metallic phase in an otherwise insulating compound that can only be accessed by using ultrafast lasers. Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025 In fact, its thermal conductivity is comparable to or better than some of the synthetic insulating materials used in buildings today. New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025 This new limo matches it, and bests it on nearly every level, even before the sound-insulating materials and traditional appointments are loaded into it. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 The leaves are a free mulch, suppressing weeds, insulating the soil, and self-composting into nutrients that will benefit the plants. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulating
Verb
  • In a society that relies so heavily on categorizing people into a gender binary, targeting a young man’s masculinity can be a particularly painful and isolating experience.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Your support system may weaken, isolating you even further.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But that isn’t separating Texans from their steaks.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In 2022, the pair decided to spin the block after separating.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Insulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulating. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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