isolating

present participle of isolate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of isolating The agency would also create standards covering sandbox testing environments; air gaps, or isolating testing environments from the internet; kill switches; and controls that prevent models from escaping lab settings and roaming on the Internet. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 But the Israeli military’s approach could only work after systematically isolating the Palestinian people over the course of decades. — Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Researchers at a lab at the University of Illinois Chicago have been testing the water for the event for safety, including filtering concentrated bacteria, isolating the DNA, then amplifying it to measure how much is in the water. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 Test sober meet-ups without isolating attendees and make sure campaign imagery sells the experience, not the drinking. — Sunita Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Rather than filtering contaminants out and concentrating them into waste, this method uses ozone gas and naturally occurring microbes to break contaminants down instead of just isolating them. — Piper Heath, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 What was once an isolating experience is now a mass coming of age. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Life as a professional tennis player is far too isolating for that. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 By isolating electrical and fluid lines from pulling forces, the design preserves conductor integrity and dramatically extends cable service life. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolating
Verb
  • Life opened like a zipper, separating them painfully at first, notch by notch, then faster, wider, until the garment lay split in two.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The new factory trades Farley said the line separating skilled trades from engineering is increasingly hard to see inside newer auto plants.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Titcomb said that flexibility could allow garment factories to send polyester-elastane cutting scraps together rather than segregating each composition as production lines change.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026

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“Isolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolating. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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