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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Recent Examples of segregate
Money has no color, but economic access has often been segregated.
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John Hope Bryant, TIME, 5 Feb. 2025
Many of the Black burial sites were segregated from their owners or white neighbors in the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church’s cemetery.
—Herb Boyd, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Highland is a relic of several bygone eras: one in which burial grounds were segregated by race, but also one where cemeteries played a more active role in community and religious life.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
One of the biggest countries to make TikTok unavailable is China itself, where users are segregated into ByteDance’s domestic version of the app, Douyin.
—Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
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John Hope Bryant, TIME, 5 Feb. 2025
Many of the Black burial sites were segregated from their owners or white neighbors in the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church’s cemetery.
—Herb Boyd, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Highland is a relic of several bygone eras: one in which burial grounds were segregated by race, but also one where cemeteries played a more active role in community and religious life.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
One of the biggest countries to make TikTok unavailable is China itself, where users are segregated into ByteDance’s domestic version of the app, Douyin.
—Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Segregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregate. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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