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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

"Thus the organization of neural responses into subspaces can both segregate and integrate information," the authors write.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 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

“I guarantee, right now my dad would be asking how they’re going to gender segregate the dorms.”

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

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

Having third-party services segregates these specific issues from the employer-employee relationship.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

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

He studies the physics of velocity in relation to equine locomotion, and with an eye to withers, loins, hocks, and haunches, he segregates his brood mares and his stallions.

From The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London

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

Saar grew up in a partially segregated city and came of age in a society where Black women were expected to find practical work, not become artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Eric Johnson said this ethos had its roots in his childhood in the segregated city of Chicago, where George grew up and where Black-owned businesses worked with one another; one company’s success fed the others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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

Army was strictly segregated by race—saw heavy fighting during the Meuse-Argonne campaign.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" 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

Once again Holmes’s method of segregating tasks and firing workers was proving successful.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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