as in hermits
a person who lives away from others
interpersonal relationships are very stressful for him, so he lives as a virtual isolate
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as in separates
to set or keep apart from others
rescuers finally reached outlying villages that had been isolated by the massive earthquake
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Recent Examples of isolates
Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
This isolates families and pushes them further away from systems that could otherwise offer support.
—Justin Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Srikanth Ramachandran, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The project, which has been on ice for decades due to international concerns, effectively isolates the territory by cutting off the West Bank from East Jerusalem.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
This exercise isolates the adductor muscles, strengthening your inner thighs and improving hip stability.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The thin layer of insulation electrically isolates the transistor’s gate from the channel through which current flows when the transistor is on.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2017
Noun
Adductor Machine The adductor machine isolates and strengthens inner thigh muscles effectively.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
This isolates families and pushes them further away from systems that could otherwise offer support.
—Justin Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Incrementality isolates true lift, helping marketers quantify what exposure really moved the needle.
—Srikanth Ramachandran, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The project, which has been on ice for decades due to international concerns, effectively isolates the territory by cutting off the West Bank from East Jerusalem.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
This exercise isolates the adductor muscles, strengthening your inner thighs and improving hip stability.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The thin layer of insulation electrically isolates the transistor’s gate from the channel through which current flows when the transistor is on.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolates
Noun
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Many of us became hermits when COVID-19 ravaged our sense of normalcy, and some still haven’t quite gotten back into the swing of in-person dating.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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The practice of self-flagellation, Norman Cohn informs us, was seemingly first adopted by monastic hermits in the eleventh century.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Japan Air Self-Defense Force The Sea of Japan separates Russia's far eastern regions from the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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This unique body of water, which separates Melbourne from the barrier island of Melbourne Beach, is incredibly biodiverse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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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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“Isolates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolates. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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