in a vacuum

idiom

: separated from outside events or influences

The group was operating in a vacuum, cut off from the rest of the world.

The city's riots did not happen in a vacuum. They were caused by recent political events.

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And while in a vacuum this could potentially be seen as merely a two-game aberration, the unfortunate reality for Denver is that this actually exemplifies (albeit to a more extreme degree) overarching trends which have been ongoing this season. —

Joel Rush, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 If the strict viewpoints on the school’s grounds deepens your understanding via limitations, these vignettes expand things to remind you that Nickel does not exist in a vacuum, nor does the past ever stay solely in the past. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024 What’s unknown: Businesses don’t operate in a vacuum, so if operations dwindle or grind to a halt without their workers, that will ripple through to other firms. —

Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024 Business decisions aren’t made in a vacuum separate from issues of labor, inflation, and geopolitics. —

Nada R. Sanders, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in a vacuum