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segregation

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


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“You think of segregation as history, but it’s something they lived through,” her classmate Shiloh Durrett, 19, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Local organizers understood the strategic importance of finding a sympathetic plaintiff to challenge bus segregation in the Deep South.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Jet fuel is a complex product because of its transportation, segregation and storage requirements, and the dire consequences of a potential airplane-engine malfunction.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Rather than acting like a typical DNA segregation system that forms spindle-like structures in the cell interior, this system operates at the membrane level and appears to organize cell structure.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

In contrast to its neighbor’s militant position on segregation, North Carolina made cautious moves to comply with the Brown v.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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