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segregation

[seg-ri-gey-shuhn] / ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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However, it is not full football-style segregation and visiting fans are still free to select seats in other parts of the ground to sit among home supporters.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Its strongest leaders spoke not only about the sins of segregation but also about the responsibilities of freedom, understanding that justice without moral renewal would leave communities politically visible but internally broken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Although the cellular machinery responsible for chromosome segregation has remained highly conserved throughout evolution, the DNA found at centromeres changes surprisingly quickly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

“You are no better than anyone else, but nobody else is better than you,” Daddy would emphasize to us over and over, even as he guided us to understand the restrictions of segregation.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson