self-isolate
Americanverb (used without object)
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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
The drivers were told to return to work in two weeks – but were not given any instruction to self-isolate.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
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
Mr Johnson self-isolated last July after coming into close contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who had tested positive.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2022
Putin briefly self-isolated last month after dozens of people in his entourage were diagnosed with the virus.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2021
He glanced up to the Yazoo couple and then to the bishop self-isolated near the sick-room door.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
Of the six Canadians who were on the Dutch ship, two are self-isolating at their home in Ontario.
From BBC ● May 16, 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
Mr Biden is due to return to the White House on Tuesday afternoon after self-isolating in Delaware.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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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