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
For transgender and nonbinary students, the problem can be even more isolating when products are unavailable in all-gender bathrooms.
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Gale Brewer, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
These nanoparticles act like tiny chemical magnets, specifically isolating lithium from the rest of the ocean minerals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Congo says over 100 cases have been confirmed Tracing and isolating Ebola contacts is seen as key to stopping the spread of the disease, which usually manifests as hemorrhagic fever.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Tracing and isolating Ebola contacts is seen as key to stopping the spread of the disease, which usually manifests as hemorrhagic fever.
—CBS News, 27 May 2026
Survival can feel extremely isolating.
—Zoe Weissman, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
The pope proposes that overreliance on AI risks weakening human resourcefulness and creativity, and that sharing intimate conversations with chatbots can be dangerous and isolating.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Plenty of teams have found joy by isolating Chelsea’s defenders with a long ball over the top and City are not above doing so.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The challenge then comes in isolating specific data.
—Marta Hill, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Gale Brewer, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
These nanoparticles act like tiny chemical magnets, specifically isolating lithium from the rest of the ocean minerals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Congo says over 100 cases have been confirmed Tracing and isolating Ebola contacts is seen as key to stopping the spread of the disease, which usually manifests as hemorrhagic fever.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Tracing and isolating Ebola contacts is seen as key to stopping the spread of the disease, which usually manifests as hemorrhagic fever.
—CBS News, 27 May 2026
Survival can feel extremely isolating.
—Zoe Weissman, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
The pope proposes that overreliance on AI risks weakening human resourcefulness and creativity, and that sharing intimate conversations with chatbots can be dangerous and isolating.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Plenty of teams have found joy by isolating Chelsea’s defenders with a long ball over the top and City are not above doing so.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The challenge then comes in isolating specific data.
—Marta Hill, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolating
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The security perimeter kept demonstrators at a distance from the facility, with barricades and checkpoints separating roughly 100 protesters from the detention center.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Historical memory is hugely helpful in separating false promises from sincere innovation, and that should make living legends ideal for steadying progress.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up.—
John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Isolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolating. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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