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
Being awake so much can be an isolating experience.
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Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
While volunteering in inpatient rehabilitation, Rathna noticed how isolating long hospital stays could be.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Reducing and isolating Schoen’s role happened quickly.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
These isolating experiences kept building until the exclusion of an entire school’s special‑needs population from an event sparked a turning point.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
The final product, a co-production between ITVS and Deep Dive Films in association with Storylens Pictures, is a gut-wrenching, tender probe into the trans-masc experience, and why, though an inherently joyful change, transitioning often becomes dangerously isolating.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Yet as Fischer shows in The Last Kings of Hollywood, Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg are worth isolating and studying as a trio.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Measles has been detected in wastewater samples collected in Walworth County, where the infected person is isolating, according to the state health department.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Those measures included increasing cleaning and disinfection procedures and isolating passengers and crew members who reported symptoms.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
While volunteering in inpatient rehabilitation, Rathna noticed how isolating long hospital stays could be.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Reducing and isolating Schoen’s role happened quickly.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
These isolating experiences kept building until the exclusion of an entire school’s special‑needs population from an event sparked a turning point.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
The final product, a co-production between ITVS and Deep Dive Films in association with Storylens Pictures, is a gut-wrenching, tender probe into the trans-masc experience, and why, though an inherently joyful change, transitioning often becomes dangerously isolating.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Yet as Fischer shows in The Last Kings of Hollywood, Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg are worth isolating and studying as a trio.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Measles has been detected in wastewater samples collected in Walworth County, where the infected person is isolating, according to the state health department.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Those measures included increasing cleaning and disinfection procedures and isolating passengers and crew members who reported symptoms.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolating
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Friday’s event was not the first time the President has delivered such overtly political remarks at military venues, testing the tradition of separating the armed forces from partisan politics.—
Nandika Chatterjee,
Time,
15 Feb. 2026
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The field is tightly bunched, with just over a second separating the top 10.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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Enemark said San Diego County had a history of planning and land-use decisions that had a role in racially segregating the region.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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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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“Isolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolating. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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