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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

Chavez seemed like the right man at the right moment as Mexican Americans rose up like never before to battle discrimination and segregation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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

One day, I was in Chicago, reporting a story about the history of segregation in the urban North and how it was engineered by government policy.

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




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