isolated
adjective
iso·lat·ed
ˈī-sə-ˌlā-təd 
also ˈi-
Examples of isolated in a Sentence
The town remains a very isolated community.
The camp is located in an isolated area.
The arrest was an isolated incident in his youth.
a few isolated cases of vandalism
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Danbury Police said the shooting was an isolated incident and it's not believed there is an ongoing threat.
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Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The pair become isolated in a rundown Oklahoma motel room as discussions of conspiracy theories take place.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Its isolated location along the Canadian border gives it some of the biggest snow storms and seasonal accumulation throughout all of New England and the Mid-Atlantic.
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The missionaries had hoped to bring Christianity to the Waorani, which was an isolated tribe that fiercely defended their territory at that time.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Isolated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isolated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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