segregation
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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
Born May 4, 1937, in Houston, the eldest of four children, Edwards grew up surrounded by racial segregation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The brain stops prioritizing these “expressways” and shifts back to segregation to lock in the pathways our brains use most.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
Its written arguments state that the Act "does not mandate sex segregation", and "does not absolutely prohibit deviation from any norm".
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Their hands are cuffed and they wear color-coded jailhouse jumpsuits: yellow for maximum security, blue for minimum, and red for administrative segregation, which is the official term for solitary confinement.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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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