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segregate

[seg-ri-geyt, seg-ri-git, -geyt] / 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

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

Some police departments have started to segregate reports of package theft into their own category, which does show some worrying signs.

From Seattle Times Dec. 21, 2023

They weren’t very subtle with their attempts to segregate us or at making a safe space for people of color, but the truth was, I appreciated the sisterhood we’d formed.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The factory accepts waste material which it then sorts and segregates.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2023

Admiral Ring renewed that effort last June, telling reporters that the current top-secret prison where the military segregates high-value detainees, called Camp 7, would become inadequate as the prisoners aged.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2019

The Douglas County Jail has three pods for men in custody, which segregates inmates by minimum, medium and maximum risk classifications.

From Washington Times Dec. 16, 2016

The visual pathway segregates information from the two eyes so that one half of the visual field projects to the other side of the brain.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Later the divine WORD; the Creative Fiat, reverberates through space and segregates the homogeneous virgin substance into separate forms.

From The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings by Heindel, Max

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

"It brought a lot of people together in a very kind of segregated world that we're living in," said Zeileen Reardon, who spoke while watching the team play Morocco in a bar in Calgary.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

For Morris, stepping into the shoes of a Black journalist working during the Great Depression and in a still segregated reality entailed meaningful research.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

Refiners have to follow very precise sets of specifications for jet fuel, and also have to make sure the product is completely segregated from other derivatives and adequately stored.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

Although the patients at Tala are segregated from the rest of society and aren’t allowed to leave, Joey is visited by her Jesuit friends.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

She feels mixed-gender cards rather than segregating the two codes will attract more interest.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2025

“But there are ways to provide support without segregating and grouping everybody with a disability into one place. We have a long way to go when it comes to that.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2023

Not only did Naidorf not lose his job, he says, but the company ceased segregating its locker rooms and drinking fountains after that.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2023

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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