as in separating
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 isolating
But the attacks continue, extending fuel shortages to large swathes of central and southern Mali and isolating garrisons of government forces.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
This dynamic can feel incredibly isolating and shameful.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Oct. 2025
There’s always someone around the corner who’s eager to please you, but being so recognizable can become incredibly isolating as well.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Hypersonic Levitation in Cell Isolation A new method of isolating and suspending cells, called hypersonic levitation and spinning (HLS), relies on acoustic resonators and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to yield biology breakthroughs.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Training to be an astronaut and training to go to space is quite isolating.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Since 2024, a number of lawsuits have been filed by parents against companies offering AI chatbots, alleging that extensive use of the technology led to a range of harms to kids, including manipulating and isolating them and leading to death by suicide.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Sacrament revolves around two cousins from San Bernardino, Larette and Cherrise, who, along with two traveling nurses—four ICU nurses in all—are isolating in individual Mallard trailers in CamperWorld, three blocks from Our Lady of Sorrows hospital.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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
Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
This dynamic can feel incredibly isolating and shameful.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Oct. 2025
There’s always someone around the corner who’s eager to please you, but being so recognizable can become incredibly isolating as well.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Hypersonic Levitation in Cell Isolation A new method of isolating and suspending cells, called hypersonic levitation and spinning (HLS), relies on acoustic resonators and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to yield biology breakthroughs.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Training to be an astronaut and training to go to space is quite isolating.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Since 2024, a number of lawsuits have been filed by parents against companies offering AI chatbots, alleging that extensive use of the technology led to a range of harms to kids, including manipulating and isolating them and leading to death by suicide.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Sacrament revolves around two cousins from San Bernardino, Larette and Cherrise, who, along with two traveling nurses—four ICU nurses in all—are isolating in individual Mallard trailers in CamperWorld, three blocks from Our Lady of Sorrows hospital.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolating
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Great Again slogan appears just below the line separating overt and covert white supremacy.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, parchment is often used for storage purposes, separating layers of baked goods like cookies or brownies to prevent them from sticking together.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Isolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolating. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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