isolated instance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofisolatedandinstance
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isolated
adjective
uk/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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instance
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.stəns/us/ˈɪn.stəns/
a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandinstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofisolated instance
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His reappraisal of diseases linked with the saints is by no means anisolatedinstance.
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Rather than anisolatedinstanceof revolutionary zeal, this intimation of insurgency appears throughout the book.
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Is this asisolatedinstance?
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These laws do not demonstrate an aberrant public sense of justice but anisolatedinstanceof flawed legislation.
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But was this merely anisolatedinstanceor one example in a long career of so doing?
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That is not anisolatedinstance.
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This is not anisolatedinstance.
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It may have been anisolatedinstance.
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It was not anisolatedinstance.
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This is merely oneisolatedinstance.
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That was not anisolatedinstance.
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Unfortunately, this is not anisolatedinstance.
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It is not anisolatedinstance.
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So far it is anisolatedinstance.
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But that is not anisolatedinstance.
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Nor is this anisolatedinstance.
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I think it was only anisolatedinstance.
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The tragedy is that it remains anisolatedinstance.
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I do not believe that that is anisolatedinstance.
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Of course, that was not anisolatedinstance.
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I am afraid that is not anisolatedinstance.
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Moreover, her case is not anisolatedinstance.
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That is not anisolatedinstanceof lack of support.
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That, in my opinion, is anisolatedinstance.
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This is not a matter of anisolatedinstance.
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