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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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This is an isolated incident and not a threat to the public at this time, according to officials.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Organizations must restructure talent development and organizational frameworks to optimize for knowledge integration rather than isolated expertise.—
William Purvis,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 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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The ingredients aren’t separated by recipe, which can make unpacking and prepping confusing.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Gradually, Twigs shows her hermetic side: the monkishness of the night-life circuit girl.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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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
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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Hong’s withdrawn gaze is interrupted by sudden movements, like pans across space and crash zooms into ongoing conversations.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Solitary, eccentric, shrouded in a mystical melancholy, Joakim fights for his farm and leads a withdrawn life, with only his pets and a neighbor for company; a Slovak immigrant who also lives ostracized, as an outsider.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Within this secluded world, life has evolved in bizarre and fascinating ways.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The Beach Club—accessible via the hotel's Jeeps—offers a secluded stretch of sand with a tropical island feel.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps in penance, last Thursday Elon Musk pleaded on X for retired ATCs to consider returning to work.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Sara’s father is a retired prosecutor in that county.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some white religious groups believed these individuals could never be truly free in a segregated society, prompting them to support a movement for expatriating free Black people.—
Ines de la Cuetara,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Today, Black students disproportionately attend segregated and under-resourced classrooms.—
Judith Browne Dianis,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Insulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulated. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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