Environments may exist within meteors or comets that are somewhat shielded from these hazards.

Venus is somewhat shielded from solar winds by merit of its denser atmosphere, as a result, solar pick-up is not its dominant non-thermal loss process.

But when her interviewer suggested that she had been somewhat shielded from racism, she grew angry.

Denoriel gritted his teeth as pain reverberated in his bones now that the iron was no longer somewhat shielded by the silk gown.

The city's government, with its large fleet of vehicles, is shielded somewhat from the run-up in fuel prices.

Insulation degrades due to sun exposure, though the critical insulation between the wires is somewhat shielded from the sun.

Just as its public housing managers are among the nation's best, so its teaching and administrative staffs have been somewhat shielded from the patronage and nepotism dogging other cities.

Good cellular operators to explore, many analysts say, are the smaller ones that have seen their stock prices plummet even though they are somewhat shielded from the general pressures affecting the industry.

Although her identity was somewhat shielded during the trial, Araujo subsequently went public and became an activist for women's and victims' rights.

Mr. Womack said he company was shielded somewhat from the scalebacks in the military-contracting industry because its products were used to enhance the capabilities of the existing military forces.