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
After a Mass Save energy assessment, her home was insulated, drafts sealed, and her heating system upgraded.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
This helps to reduce the drastic temperature swing of nightfall and insulate plants from frosts during the temperamental spring season.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
The increase in ticks is due to the snowier winter, which helped insulate the ticks from cold air, according to Smith.
—Charlotte Maracina, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
This hotel doesn’t insulate you from the energy of the city, but rather immerses you in it.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
This helps to reduce the drastic temperature swing of nightfall and insulate plants from frosts during the temperamental spring season.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
The increase in ticks is due to the snowier winter, which helped insulate the ticks from cold air, according to Smith.
—Charlotte Maracina, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
This hotel doesn’t insulate you from the energy of the city, but rather immerses you in it.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulate
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Add to that the stresses of living in a small environment with other people and trying to accomplish a lot of tasks in a habitat that is isolated and dangerous.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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O'Hara said those delays in January were isolated and a direct result of Operation Metro Surge's drain on local resources.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Only 26 points separated Flagg and Knueppel in a balloting where 100 reporters and broadcasters who cover the league ranked their top three rookies, with five points going to first place, three to second and one to third.—
Schuyler Dixon,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In between, the brand would release drops of basics, which spanned whimsical cotton poplin to bodycon jersey separates.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up.—
John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Until the 1990s, many of New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras krewes were segregated.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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