as in to separate
to set or keep apart from others
the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd
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In 1964: The International Olympic Committee announced that South Africa would be barred from the summer Olympics in Tokyo due to the country’s apartheid policies that segregated sports.
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The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
But Milliken addressed the next-generation issue: whether racially separate school districts could be used as fences to keep schools segregated.
—Michelle Adams, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
The state laws that segregated Black and white residents did not apply to Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
That’s because chromosomes are segregated into different neighborhoods for active and inactive genes—compartments still discernible after 52,000 years.
—Richard Stone, science.org, 11 July 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
But Milliken addressed the next-generation issue: whether racially separate school districts could be used as fences to keep schools segregated.
—Michelle Adams, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
The state laws that segregated Black and white residents did not apply to Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
That’s because chromosomes are segregated into different neighborhoods for active and inactive genes—compartments still discernible after 52,000 years.
—Richard Stone, science.org, 11 July 2024
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“Segregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregate. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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