self-isolate
Americanverb (used without object)
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Rotterdam port harbour master René de Vries said 25 mobile homes kitted out with catering and satellite communications would be available for the crew to self-isolate in.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Some of them will stay in quarantine facilities at the port, while others will self-isolate at home.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Public health and infectious disease specialists will assess whether the individuals are then able to self-isolate at home for up to 45 days, or whether another location should be arranged.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
They will remain in hospital for 72 hours to receive medical checks and regular testing, before being allowed to return home where they must self-isolate for a further 42 days.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Two people who returned to the UK from the ship have been advised to self-isolate, the UK Health Security Agency said, adding they were asymptomatic and insisting the risk to the public was "very low".
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Instead of having fun and meeting new people, the freshmen have self-isolated, continuing long-distance relationships that stifle them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
But after receiving her positive result via text she got a train home to Glasgow the following day, despite the fact guidance at the time stated she should have self-isolated for two weeks.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2023
Arguably the world’s most self-isolated nation, it is plagued by poverty and malnutrition, and is notorious for its lack of basic human rights and freedoms.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Katsushika Hokusai, like all subjects in self-isolated Edo Japan, could not have left the archipelago if he wanted to, and his publishers could not export his prints of Kabuki actors, flowers and Mount Fuji.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Was she still self-isolated from her husband's deluge of words?
From No Name by Wilkie Collins
Two other British nationals are already self-isolating at home in the UK after potential exposure.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
His wife is self-isolating, according to the Ocean Expeditions spokesperson.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
I am surprised and quite troubled about how many young people are self-isolating still and partly because it’s uncomfortable to go to a networking event or go out there and try to meet somebody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
Meanwhile, Mr Biden has endured a difficult week, and is currently self-isolating with a bout of Covid-19.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
In such a state of society—a state of nature—and in its supreme form, the family, there is no adequate principle which though real shall still give ideality and unity to the self-isolating aspects of life.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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