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
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
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
Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 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 Delaware Democrat said to remove the negative stigma, party members need to combat online rhetoric that isolates or alienates different demographics.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 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
The result is a five-phage product capable of killing a broad range of Enterobacter isolates.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
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
This is not a wallowing cruiser that isolates the driver in a leather cocoon, floating along, not entirely sure where the front end is.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 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 Delaware Democrat said to remove the negative stigma, party members need to combat online rhetoric that isolates or alienates different demographics.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 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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The cautious hermits of the KMT do not attempt to forecast the future.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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The design will retain the outdoor sculpture garden, but the garden would include a new free-to-all arts education center and reading room, and the tall steel fencing that now separates the garden from the public along El Prado and near the Old Globe theater campus would be removed.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Turns out, that shift in thinking—from content creation to systematic sales—is what separates the brands that dabble from the ones that dominate.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
18 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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