isolation

Perhaps never more than now, in this time of covid-19, do we crave isolation yet chafe at being cloistered in our homes.
A Maui vacation in three acts|Alex Pulaski|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
A babysitter took care of Sam in the family home while Castelo was in isolation, and the father and son used walkie-talkies to communicate.
Tiffany Shackelford, 46, was known as a unique, fun ‘force’ to friends, family|Dana Hedgpeth|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Whenever the mood strikes, I boil or fry them up and lessen my sense of isolation for a bit.
Homemade dumplings bring me closer to family this Lunar New Year, even from far away|Marian Liu|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
As with other solutions to isolation—bus fare to visit a park, tickets to a museum—internet connections also require financial resources that many older adults don’t have.
Getting vaccinated is hard. It’s even harder without the internet.|Eileen Guo|February 3, 2021|MIT Technology Review

I wanted a more autism-friendly world, but this version, defined by helplessness and isolation, has scarred me as deeply as it has my peers.
I’m autistic. I’m hoping I can wear a mask for the rest of my life.|Christine M. Condo|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
“Isolation has not worked,” said Obama from the White House.
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t Work|Christopher Dickey|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now that they had the isolation chamber, it was up to Phoenix to find a plane to carry it.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was one of six children who had been in the Ebola isolation center that had been overrun.
The Photojournalist Who Stared Down Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Suspicion of exposure to Ebola, for example, is sufficient to justify mandatory isolation.
Are Mandatory Ebola Quarantines Legal?|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A former Ebola patient calls the forcible isolation of returning health-care workers from West Africa a ‘police state approach.’
Are Mandatory Ebola Quarantines Legal?|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The major-general kept him well informed of every movement of the enemy, and pointed out the dangerous isolation of Davout.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
He experienced a feeling of such utter isolation that he almost started when Isabel spoke.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
This practical isolation disgusted the several chiefs, who therefore agreed to open the campaign against the invaders.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
And she was fully alive to the romantic conditions, the wild night, the isolation, the vibrating atmosphere.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Her long lashes brushed her cheek; she drew a kind of isolation from the way her manner underlined the office.
Hilda|Sarah Jeanette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for isolation

isolation

/ (ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən) /

noun

the act of isolating or the condition of being isolated

(of a country, party, etc) nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international politics

med

social separation of a person who has or is suspected of having a contagious diseaseCompare quarantine
(as modifier)an isolation hospital

sociol a lack of contact between persons, groups, or whole societies

social psychol the failure of an individual to maintain contact with others or genuine communication where interaction with others persists

in isolation without regard to context, similar matters, etc

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