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
Central Michigan and Nova Scotia each has isolated coal-basins.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers
