segregation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The Shakers, with their signature spare style, have had an outsize impact on material culture, considering their numbers—a peak estimated at 6,000 members in the mid-19th century—and segregation from the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

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

This was the only Soviet regiment to be staffed entirely by women throughout the war, and they took pride in this segregation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein