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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

You have to segregate a set of limbs, a section of the undulating trunk, or even a scarred piece of bark to describe who they are.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

New research by scientists at University of California San Diego has shown that cells regulate cAMP/PKA signaling by forming liquid droplets that segregate excess PKA catalytic subunits where they can do no harm.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024

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

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

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021

Admiral Ring renewed that effort last June, telling reporters that the current top-secret prison where the military segregates high-value detainees, called Camp 7, would become inadequate as the prisoners aged.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2019

The Douglas County Jail has three pods for men in custody, which segregates inmates by minimum, medium and maximum risk classifications.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2016

Later the divine WORD; the Creative Fiat, reverberates through space and segregates the homogeneous virgin substance into separate forms.

From The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings by Max Heindel

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

Dementia has historically been a hidden disease in which affected individuals are sequestered at home or segregated in day programs or institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

For Morris, stepping into the shoes of a Black journalist working during the Great Depression and in a still segregated reality entailed meaningful research.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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

As described by William Julius Wilson in his book When Work Disappears, the overwhelming majority of African Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded schools lacking basic resources.

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

She feels mixed-gender cards rather than segregating the two codes will attract more interest.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025

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

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 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

But this neatness, the neatness of Dante, was in the orderly sectioning and segregating of all levels of evil and decay.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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