as in separating
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 isolating
Curated by Our Editors Ultimately, public health workers got control of the outbreak through testing, contact tracing, isolating of sick and exposed individuals and vaccination.
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
After the initial flattery, the tone shifts to isolating phrases.
—Kathy and Ross Petrass, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Rather than scattering smaller common areas across different floors or isolating them in separate corners, the design brings everything together in one open hub.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
The foil acts as a barrier, isolating the surface of the wall.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
In 2022, authorities exhumed McBride’s body for additional DNA testing, a step New Jersey State Police said was critical to isolating an unknown male DNA profile from earlier evidence.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Their experience there can be isolating, since they must be housed separately from adult women — and programming is limited.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip did reunite during the COVID-19 pandemic, isolating together.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Apr. 2026
The scarcity of facilities exacerbates the problem of families having to travel sometimes long distances to visit their disabled children, the court found, further isolating the kids.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
After the initial flattery, the tone shifts to isolating phrases.
—Kathy and Ross Petrass, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Rather than scattering smaller common areas across different floors or isolating them in separate corners, the design brings everything together in one open hub.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
The foil acts as a barrier, isolating the surface of the wall.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
In 2022, authorities exhumed McBride’s body for additional DNA testing, a step New Jersey State Police said was critical to isolating an unknown male DNA profile from earlier evidence.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Their experience there can be isolating, since they must be housed separately from adult women — and programming is limited.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip did reunite during the COVID-19 pandemic, isolating together.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Apr. 2026
The scarcity of facilities exacerbates the problem of families having to travel sometimes long distances to visit their disabled children, the court found, further isolating the kids.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolating
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Charles’s timing makes the benefits of separating those roles more obvious.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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The couple sat in a vestibule inside the Aurora immigration detention facility on a Saturday in March, staring at each other through the glass barrier separating the incarcerated from the free.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 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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There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Isolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isolating. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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