as in to separate
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 isolate
John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
In whey protein, the results are forms of protein in isolates, concentrates, and hydrolysates.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 20 June 2024
Suzy Forman, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
There are concerns that such bans could isolate and negatively impact young people.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Near where Helene makes landfall, general rainfall of 8-12 inches is forecast, with two feet of rain possible in isolates areas.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
In whey protein, the results are forms of protein in isolates, concentrates, and hydrolysates.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 20 June 2024
Verb
What it’s made of: Pea protein isolate and rice protein concentrate join together to power up this powder.
—Suzy Forman, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
There are concerns that such bans could isolate and negatively impact young people.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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After the hermit’s death, the farmhouse then served various community purposes, from a teacher’s cottage to a meeting hall, but had been neglected until recently, when the Queen Mother helped the community acquire ownership and renovate it.Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Harrelson has a small but impressively loony role as a crazed hermit who claims to anyone who will listen that the end of days is here.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
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What separates this device from others in the Keurig line is the ability to make iced-ish coffee, which comes out significantly cooler than the regular brew and will make a passable iced coffee when poured over ice and sweetened.Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Thanksgiving is, as the name implies, about gratitude—a defining ideal of both the specific American tradition and the broader Judeo-Christian civilizational inheritance from which our nation cannot be separated.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Despite the record number of moms who are gaming, many moms feel isolated in their interests.G Kirilloff, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Portable Car Jump Starter: on sale for $56.99 Original price: $79.99 Jumper cables alone may not be enough if you get stranded somewhere isolated.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Brandon reportedly died by suicide locked in solitary in that shower cage.Tamara Carter, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
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Colorado has agreed to do more to prevent needless isolation of thousands of people with physical disabilities who were confined to nursing homes, settling a federal lawsuit that claimed state health officials illegally segregate too many people.Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
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One skull will tell the story of freedmen colonies that scattered Black life throughout the Austin area before the city’s 1928 masterplan segregated the community east of Interstate 35.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024
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The modern evening sale that followed netted only $92.9 million across 31 lots, and featured seven works that didn’t sell and two withdrawn pieces.Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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When Marnie Was There A subtle, rewarding story about adolescence and identity based on a 1967 novel of the same name by British author Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There follows Anna, a shy and withdrawn girl who struggles to connect to anyone.Matt Kamen, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
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Villa Avellana Who Stays There: Tech entrepreneurs, bank CEOs, music producers, and entertainers The Property: A modern, teak-and-glass villa on a secluded cove with red land crabs, white egrets, and turtle nests.Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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Loreto, Mexico, is a secluded town on the Baja Peninsula known for its natural beauty and tranquility.Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
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This is not the first time that a group of Silicon Valley elites have attempted to build a cloistered community, away from but still adjacent to the center of the tech industry.Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
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The headphones have an open-back design, enabling sound to move in and out without that cloistered feeling of many closed-back designs.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Isolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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