as in hermits
a person who lives away from others
interpersonal relationships are very stressful for him, so he lives as a virtual isolate
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as in separates
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 isolates
Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2025
The gun-owning Susan Lorincz isolates and relentlessly harasses and targets Ajike Owens’ family, calling police countless times about such infractions as kids playing on the lawn and them just being kids.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
The result is a five-phage product capable of killing a broad range of Enterobacter isolates.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Adductor Machine The adductor machine isolates and strengthens inner thigh muscles effectively.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
This isolates families and pushes them further away from systems that could otherwise offer support.
—Justin Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Power Without Corruption Mission has used a high-quality and ultra-low-noise toroidal transformer for 778CDT’s internal power architecture, which isolates critical pathways.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Resentment brews in Agnes while Will isolates himself in London, trying to deal with his loss.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The film looks to be both an homage to the old New York that inspired everyone from Scorsese to the Safdies and a satire of how modernization isolates us from analogue traditions.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
The standing side crunch isolates each side of your waist and strengthens your obliques.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
Far from being mere idle chit-chat, small talk proves to be an invaluable ally in cultivating social health—a precious virtue in a world where hyperconnection increasingly isolates us from one another.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
Modern diet culture isolates it, labels it a failure, and markets the fix.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
Patriarchal masculinity isolates men emotionally and leaves them relationally insecure.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
With that anchor, the system isolates and enhances conversation partners while suppressing everyone else, operating at latencies less than 10 milliseconds—fast enough to keep the amplified audio aligned with lip movements.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2025
The gun-owning Susan Lorincz isolates and relentlessly harasses and targets Ajike Owens’ family, calling police countless times about such infractions as kids playing on the lawn and them just being kids.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
The result is a five-phage product capable of killing a broad range of Enterobacter isolates.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Adductor Machine The adductor machine isolates and strengthens inner thigh muscles effectively.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
This isolates families and pushes them further away from systems that could otherwise offer support.
—Justin Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Hard Truths premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival and followed Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy, an angry and depressed woman who lashes out at family and strangers, and whose constant criticism slowly isolates her.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Power Without Corruption Mission has used a high-quality and ultra-low-noise toroidal transformer for 778CDT’s internal power architecture, which isolates critical pathways.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Resentment brews in Agnes while Will isolates himself in London, trying to deal with his loss.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The film looks to be both an homage to the old New York that inspired everyone from Scorsese to the Safdies and a satire of how modernization isolates us from analogue traditions.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
The standing side crunch isolates each side of your waist and strengthens your obliques.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
Far from being mere idle chit-chat, small talk proves to be an invaluable ally in cultivating social health—a precious virtue in a world where hyperconnection increasingly isolates us from one another.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
Modern diet culture isolates it, labels it a failure, and markets the fix.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
Patriarchal masculinity isolates men emotionally and leaves them relationally insecure.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for isolates
Noun
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Forest monks, anchorites, and hermits have made similar sacrifices in the name of God.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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The cautious hermits of the KMT do not attempt to forecast the future.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Without that key step, you can’t be classified as a true star; the presence of those fusion reactions, where hydrogen gets fused into helium, separates stars from all other heavenly bodies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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The deer can occasionally be spotted on the lawn that separates the casitas from the main building and on the paths through the property.—
John Newton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Jan. 2026
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In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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