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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The team examined thousands of bacterial isolates collected from the human gut, along with large amounts of metagenomic data from people in multiple countries and across different age and health groups.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
This isolates the ethylene, resulting in a highly pure product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Using an SPV, he said, not only keeps the debt separate but also isolates the risk of a particular project.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
“The Outrun” was shot in 2022 in London and the Orkney Islands, including the remote community of Papay, where Rona isolates herself in a cottage in the middle of winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
This isolates the bedroom, with me in it, from the rest of the rover.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
