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as in separated
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 insulated
Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Keep your thermostat at 65 degrees or higher and ensure your home is well-insulated.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
Check if pipes in unheated parts of the home are insulated.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
The sole is thick and well-insulated, and the lugs have excellent tread for a range of conditions.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
Of course, nobody has the right to be insulated from criticism.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, the hotel buildings are well insulated.
—Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The White House denied the claims that Biden had declined or had been insulated during his time in office.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Public health must take its rightful place as a cornerstone of national policy, insulated from political whims and guided by science.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
The Bogs are insulated, plushly lined, waterproof, slip-resistant, and designed for harsh winter conditions.
—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Keep your thermostat at 65 degrees or higher and ensure your home is well-insulated.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
Check if pipes in unheated parts of the home are insulated.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
The sole is thick and well-insulated, and the lugs have excellent tread for a range of conditions.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
Of course, nobody has the right to be insulated from criticism.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, the hotel buildings are well insulated.
—Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The White House denied the claims that Biden had declined or had been insulated during his time in office.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Public health must take its rightful place as a cornerstone of national policy, insulated from political whims and guided by science.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulated
Adjective
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Comments, likes, and shares amplify the harassment, making the victim feel even more isolated.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
3 Feb. 2025
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If a group of scrappy wrestlers agree to compete in a private match held in an isolated, massive house, a major payday awaits.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Once the ladies are separated, Jackie pulls Heavenly aside to scold her for her behavior.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Even when her character takes a more urgent role in this hermetic story, the excellent Garner doesn’t have much to play outside a parade of slow-roll nonverbal shots of Charlotte peering this way and that, taking charge of a rapidly dissolving situation but never really getting her due.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That process, undertaken in cloistered seclusion, provides not only the movie’s action but also its warily aggressive tone.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Nov. 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
Adjective
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The expressions on these youthful figures are intent and heartfelt: obedient, frightened, absorbed, wary, withdrawn, cruel, proud, sly, or shy.—
Michael Bracewell,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Pettersson is more withdrawn, more cerebral, more sensitive and certainly not prone to confrontation by nature.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the children who are restrained and secluded are in earlier elementary school grades — both nationally and in Idaho, according to limited data from Idaho school districts and national agencies.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Jan. 2025
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The guest rooms have views of either the ocean or the tropical gardens, and the resort sits on 1,000 feet of secluded beachfront.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The current 2025-26 budget proposal includes $918 million for salary bumps and increasing health care costs for active and retired employees that the state previously agreed to.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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His character is described as a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son, and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The move comes on the heels of the Air Force confirming Saturday that course instruction about the Tuskegee Airmen − the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II − had been pulled from basic training curriculum.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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In some cases, Black people in the segregated South had no access to public bathrooms at all.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Insulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulated. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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