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
The walls are fully insulated to provide extra privacy between rooms.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 9 July 2025
The air near the north building firing range, which is insulated, is regularly tested for safety, two of the sources said.
—Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 9 July 2025
In The Spotlight: Protecting Wealth Responsibly Asset protection is entirely legal, and when structured correctly, it is designed not to obscure wealth but to insulate it from unjust seizure.
—Blake Harris, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The structure — the constitutionality of which was upheld by the Supreme Court last year — was meant to insulate it from politics.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 July 2025
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 9 July 2025
The air near the north building firing range, which is insulated, is regularly tested for safety, two of the sources said.
—Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 9 July 2025
In The Spotlight: Protecting Wealth Responsibly Asset protection is entirely legal, and when structured correctly, it is designed not to obscure wealth but to insulate it from unjust seizure.
—Blake Harris, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The structure — the constitutionality of which was upheld by the Supreme Court last year — was meant to insulate it from politics.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulate
Verb
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The incident is believed to be isolated and Boodarian is not a suspect in any other burglaries, the sources said.—
Julie Sone,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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While some environmental bacteria are known to isolate PFAS, the chemicals' interaction with human gut bacteria has been unclear.—
Jay Kakade
July 12,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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Court began as a campus summer program in the 1950s but was professionalized and somewhat separated from the university by the late Nicholas Rudall, who led the theater for decades prior to his retirement.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Now, the digital operation sits at the heart of TNT Sports’ ambitions as the outfit transforms its portfolio of game rights and prepares for a 2026 split that will separate Warner Bros.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
22 July 2025
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My early understanding segregated them into distinct Black American traditions: he, Du Bois, she, Washington; the new and the old; white-collar and blue; the talented tenth and those they were charged to uplift.—
Michael Thomas,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Indigenous art has been segregated into natural history museums, not art museums.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Insulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulate. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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