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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

The island had one hospital, and it was difficult to segregate us from the general prisoners while we were there.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

The conventional narrative of U.S. history routinely segregates the  “Indian wars” as a subspecialization within the dubious category  “the West.”

From Salon Oct. 13, 2014

Nevertheless we have reason to suppose that the character segregates in the gametes, though the nature of these cannot always be decided from the appearance of the bird which bears them.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett

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

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

But she refused to perform before segregated audiences in the United States and spent much of her life in France.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

During Jim Crow, blacks were severely stigmatized and segregated on the basis of race, but in their own communities they could find support, solidarity, acceptance—love.

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

It was launched in the 1970s by the federal government as an alternative to public housing projects, which were criticized for segregating poor families in neighborhoods with low-quality schools and other substandard services.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2025

"There's no point segregating ourselves. On that date we will have an audience, so why not educate them?"

From BBC Jan. 25, 2024

When asked whether identifying and segregating the necessary proportion of the population may not be achievable for that approach to be effective, Bhattacharya replied by criticizing the experts who claimed that to be the case.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2022

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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