as in separates
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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Such latitude funds underwriters fees, transfers risk to the investing public and insulates startup boards and executives.
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Noah Barsky, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Mulch insulates soil from big temperature swings.
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In the event of an emergency—the hacking of a password database in one case, or a house fire in the other—the protection insulates the stakeholder from harm that otherwise would have been more dire.
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Noah Barsky, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Mulch insulates soil from big temperature swings.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024
In the event of an emergency—the hacking of a password database in one case, or a house fire in the other—the protection insulates the stakeholder from harm that otherwise would have been more dire.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Insulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulates. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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