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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The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not taking place in a vacuum.
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Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
All Fours unfolds in a vacuum where history, politics, and economics don’t exist; the only constraints are desire and will.
—Christine Smallwood, Vulture, 6 May 2024
Sign up Comparisons are odious No art exists in a vacuum.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 2 Apr. 2024
If virtual particles have weight, then a cavity of metal plates in a vacuum should experience a buoyant force.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
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Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
All Fours unfolds in a vacuum where history, politics, and economics don’t exist; the only constraints are desire and will.
—Christine Smallwood, Vulture, 6 May 2024
Sign up Comparisons are odious No art exists in a vacuum.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 2 Apr. 2024
If virtual particles have weight, then a cavity of metal plates in a vacuum should experience a buoyant force.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
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“In a vacuum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20vacuum. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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