as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
tried to insulate their children from the often disturbing news in the mass media
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Recent Examples of insulate
Carmen Aristegui, the prominent Mexican journalist and news anchor whose fame may insulate her to some degree from risk, provides a coda to the film, addressing the stakes for a democratic nation where reporters routinely face mortal danger.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Shares of Nvidia rose nearly 3%, but the chipmaker and bull market stalwart would appear to be insulated regardless of the election’s outcome.
—Jesse Pound,samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Judicial independence is a foundational principle in American democracy, intended to insulate justices from external political pressures.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Her name change has failed to insulate her from being bothered by impassioned non-constituents on the phone.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Shares of Nvidia rose nearly 3%, but the chipmaker and bull market stalwart would appear to be insulated regardless of the election’s outcome.
—Jesse Pound,samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Judicial independence is a foundational principle in American democracy, intended to insulate justices from external political pressures.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Her name change has failed to insulate her from being bothered by impassioned non-constituents on the phone.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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China demonstrated its pull on the world stage by welcoming a delegation from Saudi Arabia with its first pavilion at the event, as well as its close ties with Russia even as that country is isolated from Western nations and their allies due to its invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Politically, China continues to attempt to isolate Taiwan.David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Gong then drove each victim’s Tesla to separate desert areas and burned them, the DA’s office said.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In District 1, John Park and Melinda Liu have pulled away from three other candidates in the race, but the two of them were separated by just 57 votes out of more than 14,900 votes tallied as of Friday night.Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 8 Nov. 2024
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The six Pennsylvania Republicans asked that overseas votes be segregated, claiming the state was opening the door to fraud by not taking required steps to verify the ballots.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
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Schools are increasingly targeted in mass shootings and effectively segregated by race.Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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