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isolation

[ahy-suh-ley-shuhn, is-uh-] / ˌaɪ səˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɪs ə- /


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Around 42 percent of households in the Asian tech powerhouse are single-person, with social isolation affecting the country's vulnerable elderly in particular.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Expect games, clowning and catharsis that transform helplessness into empowerment and isolation into belonging.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And if we put screening, people will be identified as suspect cases, and we will have to send them away to the isolation that’s hundreds of kilometers away,’ ” Newport said.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The proposed 50-bed isolation centre is to be staffed by US medics and is intended to treat Americans affected by the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Each was put in an airtight isolation room; the staff had to wear hazmat suits to go in.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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