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
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They can be used to enforce least privilege, restrict destructive actions, and isolate misconfigured services—all without requiring code changes.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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In response, the city's IT systems were shut down on July 28 to isolate the city's infrastructure from potential damage, according to Mayor Melvin Carter.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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Unfortunately, some of this history seems relevant now as immigrant children are being forcibly separated from their parents.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Twigs and LaBeouf dated between 2018 and 2019 after meeting on the set of his 2019 directorial debut Honey Boy, while LaBeouf was separated from his now-wife Mia Goth.—
Jen Juneau,
People.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 3 Aug. 2025.
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