isolated incident
Frequency: 7.815.6 per million words
a single event, not part of a wider pattern
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Examples (10)
- It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated incident.
- The police stated it was an isolated incident and not part of a larger crime wave.
- Management assured employees that the technical glitch was an isolated incident.
- They tried to downplay the error as just an isolated incident.
- This isolated incident doesn't reflect the overall safety record of the airline.
- We hope this unusual event remains an isolated incident.
- The company insisted that the product defect was an isolated incident.
- The principal clarified that the playground dispute was an isolated incident between two students.
- Such a bizarre occurrence is usually an isolated incident.
- Despite its severity, the cyber attack was deemed an isolated incident by experts.