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segregate

[seg-ri-gayt, seg-ri-git, -gayt] / ˈsɛg rɪˌgeɪt, ˈsɛg rɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt /


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The model was trained to segregate the “pure news” in each article from that which was old and stale and, therefore, predictable.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026

His aim wasn’t to segregate black history from the national narrative but to force its inclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

You have to segregate a set of limbs, a section of the undulating trunk, or even a scarred piece of bark to describe who they are.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

Professors collaborated with the directors of the campus art museum and instructors in the social sciences and business departments, to demonstrate that knowledge is impossible to segregate or compartmentalize.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024

The island had one hospital, and it was difficult to segregate us from the general prisoners while we were there.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The factory accepts waste material which it then sorts and segregates.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

Frustrating others, sadly, does little to instill joy and only further segregates Americans.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

Admiral Ring renewed that effort last June, telling reporters that the current top-secret prison where the military segregates high-value detainees, called Camp 7, would become inadequate as the prisoners aged.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2019

The conventional narrative of U.S. history routinely segregates the  “Indian wars” as a subspecialization within the dubious category  “the West.”

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2014

Turning to go in again, the three were confronted with the Norman segregates.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Her teacher didn’t repeatedly fail to show up because the school was segregated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Michaela Rafferty, who works with the Anaka Women's Collective helping migrant women, said people arrive in Northern Ireland without an understanding of the complexity of division – or how housing is segregated along sectarian lines.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

For Morris, stepping into the shoes of a Black journalist working during the Great Depression and in a still segregated reality entailed meaningful research.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

But she refused to perform before segregated audiences in the United States and spent much of her life in France.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

But on this day, to the surprise of almost everyone, 105 teachers from Selma’s all-black segregated schools were making their way along the city’s streets toward the Dallas County Courthouse in the center of town.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

At this World Cup, authorities didn’t bother segregating them, including at the potentially fractious semifinal between ancient enemies England and Argentina.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

It was launched in the 1970s by the federal government as an alternative to public housing projects, which were criticized for segregating poor families in neighborhoods with low-quality schools and other substandard services.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

Department of Justice sued Georgia for unnecessarily segregating people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

"There's no point segregating ourselves. On that date we will have an audience, so why not educate them?"

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

But this neatness, the neatness of Dante, was in the orderly sectioning and segregating of all levels of evil and decay.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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