isolate
verb (used with object)
to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
isolates
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present tense formof isolate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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I tried to make the point, when I began the book, that the people who were involved with chatbots were social isolates.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
While Mr. Graham-Dixon isolates the technical from the theological, Mr. Weber integrated the “optical and iconographic” aspects of Vermeer’s life and work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
By operating as a separate entity, GenCo isolates the cost of new growth to data centers, according to NiSource.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
"We want to build a care system that supports them, not isolates them."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
This is how he isolates the true impact of that single switch on the sprawling circuit board.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
