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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

"Do they compete, is one dominant over the other, how might they partition resources, and do they mix or spatially segregate within the winter range? Lots of interesting questions to pursue!"

From Science Daily ● May 13, 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

And why should I restrict myself, segregate myself?

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

And yet, "y'all" is a word that in and of itself integrates rather than segregates.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021

This fact agrees with the hypothesis that the factors in such a case are contained in a single chromosome which segregates from the fellow of its pair in the reduction divisions.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

In a city that is multicultural but also segregated, Cooks said, “there are multiple art worlds,” and this “unprecedented project” puts them all in dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Could those practices transfer to traditional public schools, many of them segregated?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Both of them were arrested for refusing to give up their seats on Montgomery’s segregated buses, just months before Rosa Parks refused to budge.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Department of Justice sued Georgia for unnecessarily segregating people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

Stellema and other advocates are wary of segregating prisoners with disabilities, noting that the ADA is meant to ensure people can integrate with others, even in detention.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

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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