Verb (used with object), : to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.    From Dictionary.com. 

When traveling with others I think it's easy to remain insulated from a new culture and merely observe it rather than be a part of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interview With Ellen Mcdonough] Reference

Our president needs to be insulated from the truth?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The blame game… the race card… the care card « BuzzMachine] Reference

Must be nice to be so insulated from the rest of us!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [More than three-quarters rate economic conditions poor] Reference

Most people are insulated from the full cost of their healthcare.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Health Care Thoughts] Reference

But Duluth's housing market has not been insulated from the recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [1st-time buyer's tax credit helps Duluth, Minn., home market] Reference

Technocracy insulated from the consequences of its decisions clearly is.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Telos Returns to ‘New Class’ Analysis and the Critique of the ‘Wholly-Administered Society”] Reference

I have just ordered a pair of Acadia Mens 200g insulated from the states.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kit Freak « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Of course, "patient demand" is in the context of being insulated from the cost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Care and the Consumer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

But he and others are surely being insulated from the problems faced by others.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain: I'm not in favor of a public health insurance option] Reference

Barone: Well, I think it is because they're insulated from the economic downturn.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tsunami, or Just a Wave?] Reference

We were not entirely insulated from the market - my parents invested in real estate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scion of Tax Consumers: My Calhounian Class Autobiography, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

In the mine they were insulated from the outside world and had a huge support system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mónica Villamizar: Meeting Chile's Miners] Reference

They are insulated from the burly-burly activities of the labour-relations department.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada's Adversary System—Is There an Alternative?] Reference

Health care is remarkably insulated from the normal feedback we see in other industries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Issues: Health Care] Reference

The high voltage (V = 5 MV) is insulated from the ground by high pressure gas, normally SF6.    From Wordnik.com.  [Accelerators and Nobel Laureates] Reference

He will be surrounded by incompetent politicans and totally insulated from the real experts.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Weighs In on Bolden - NASA Watch] Reference

I had to watch them closely during rough-in to be sure the pipes were insulated from the rebar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Ready to Build a Home - Need Advice] Reference

As far as the topic at hand, I think hunting in the US is much more insulated from a UK-style ban.    From Wordnik.com.  [Populist Poachers?] Reference

The heads of the union are on big salaries and are insulated from the realities of losing their job.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Have Mail « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

At that time the San Luis Obispo community was somewhat insulated from the larger hooping community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hooping.org | Blog | Inside The Hoop: Rich Porter] Reference

• They sized all the openings for the new elements and built in insulated wall areas for final fit.    From Wordnik.com.  [PrairieMod Monday] Reference

The tank contains two electrodes, one of which is insulated from the surrounding water by a clay tube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Unfortunately, as VDARE. com has noted, Alaska is far from insulated from the impact of mass immigration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alaska’s Palin Nomination To Reignite Immigration issue?] Reference

The Iraqi politicians and their American handlers are so insulated from the everyday chaos of the streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Hume Argues Persistent Violence Helps Iraq Make Political Progress] Reference

The problem is that basic research and advanced technology budgets are not insulated from the big NASA projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should NIAC be Revived? - NASA Watch] Reference

I'd say the whole judiciary is far too insulated from the public, and certainly the entirety of the Supreme court is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Powerful people mingle with powerful people and are insulated from the effects of the decisions of their own peer group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Ronnie Flanagan - HMIC Policing Report « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

As a result, the Malaysians were insulated from the worst part of it although they did not entirely escape the suffering.    From Wordnik.com.  [i have been saying this for 2 years now] Reference

One should bear in mind, too, that agriculture is somewhat insulated from the vagaries of the economy (though only somewhat).    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Iowa City Economy is Fine] Reference

Right now we in the United States are largely insulated from the effects of what has become a worldwide flood of anti-Semitism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

The Washington, D.C., region has largely been insulated from the worst of the economic recession, but new figures from the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lori's A.M. Buzz: Waiting for $1M news] Reference

The Constitution is best preserved by reliance on standards tested over time and insulated from the pressures of the moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Closely held companies, insulated from the disposition of public investors, are still subject to the pains of a weakened economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's Largest Private Companies] Reference

Adults and children in insulated houses were half as likely to take days off work or school than those in houses without insulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medpundit] Reference

Countries with high government spending (aka countries with high taxes) are insulated from the worst effects of the global recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonk Room » Dingell: ‘Nobody In This Country Realizes That Cap And Trade Is A Tax, And It’s A Great Big One!’] Reference

We used to clutter up our refrigerator's freezer with ice packs (we use them in insulated lunch coolers as well as for medical reasons).    From Wordnik.com.  [Use Your Freezer Efficiently To Save Money (and Food) | Lifehacker Australia] Reference