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segregated

[seg-ri-gey-tid] / ˈsɛg rɪˌgeɪ tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
divided into racial or ethnic groups
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The artistic director could not yet confirm who would direct the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a former Negro League baseball player and his family navigating life in 1950s segregated Pittsburgh.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

A team from Georgetown University is investigating their deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, a segregated juvenile detention facility in Cheltenham, Maryland, and memorializing them.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Since the 2023 violence, the communities have been largely segregated, confined to separate regions, with thousands displaced from their homes.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Colvin, at age 15, was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Through The Mecca I saw that we were, in our own segregated body politic, cosmopolitans.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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