self-isolation
Americannoun
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Both are in stable condition and the Briton is well enough to return home for self-isolation, according to Dutch officials.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Because of self-isolation efforts, McKaela, a cruise ship dancer, spent a great deal of her time in the family’s Martinez, Calif., home with her grandfather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
Park Tae-hong, another former recluse, said self-isolation can be "comforting" to some people.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
Health authorities will still recommend five days of self-isolation for infected people but it will not be mandatory.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2023
For two minutes of that absolute self-isolation would bring madness; if, indeed, it be not the very essence of madness itself.
From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Charles Kingsley
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