isolate
verb (used with object)
to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
has isolated
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present perfectof isolate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has isolated us and attached us to an impersonal and degrading consumer market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
That argument has isolated Thanedar within the Democratic caucus, prompting him to drop his push for an immediate vote on the matter.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
“Formerly an excellent student and popular classmate, she now struggles academically, does not want to go to school and has isolated herself socially,” the claim states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024
Crowe, who holds the Ann Scott Carell Chair, is University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, which has isolated monoclonal antibodies against a host of viral infections, including COVID-19.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024
Jensen has isolated one of the causes of the dreaded oily butter that is reported quite frequently in Denmark.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell
