segregation
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Gender segregation is standard practice for many Orthodox Jews but is forbidden in public places by the government of socially liberal Tel Aviv.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
In 1968, England were due to tour South Africa, a country then operating under a system of racial segregation known as apartheid.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
For decades, education debates have focused nearly to exclusion on structures and inputs: funding, segregation, poverty, class size, governance and school choice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
After all, slavery and segregation were legal for much of American history, and women were not protected from discrimination by the promise of “equal protection” in the 14th Amendment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
But because we dared to challenge the Southern tradition of segregation, this school became, instead, a furnace that consumed our youth and forged us into reluctant warriors.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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The social segregations of “District 9” become filters when we leave the theater that allow us to see our own world in sharper focus.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2016
The following tabulation indicates the amounts and segregations of funds for each project.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by S. Benson
Such segregations, however important and useful for systematic distinctions, are evidently only of secondary value, when considering the real nature of the units themselves.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Tungsten is likewise found in original segregations in igneous rocks and in pegmatite dikes, but these deposits are of comparatively small commercial importance.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
In England toleration has become an institution, and where Tory and Socialist, Bishop and Infidel, can all meet at the same dinner-table and spend an agreeable week-end together, there is no need for defensive segregations.
From First and Last Things by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing segregation
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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