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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 segregated
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Shirley was buried in a segregated graveyard under live oaks, on a bayou.
—Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 7 May 2026
Ballots would need to be separated, databases would need to be segregated, and poll workers would need to explain who can vote for what.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
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Adjective
The Mission-style burrito, with its monstrous circumference and segregated ingredients, strikes me as a variation best loved by the people who grew up loving it.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Shirley was buried in a segregated graveyard under live oaks, on a bayou.
—Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Detainees are segregated based on criminal history and whether they are considered a flight risk, according to a handbook made public as part of a lawsuit over whether detainees have proper access to attorneys.
—ABC News, 7 May 2026
Ballots would need to be separated, databases would need to be segregated, and poll workers would need to explain who can vote for what.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregated
Adjective
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Tommy Flanagan served as another ally to Maximus and Lucilla as Cicero, who facilitated communication between the separated lovers.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
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Whereas within cool-guy culture, things are a little bit more separated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Perhaps this might be a good thing for Jackman, too, as recent reports had indicated he’d become increasingly isolated in Hollywood.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
25 May 2026
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Putin’s Isolation and Growing Rift in Inner Circle Putin is also growing increasingly isolated—a common progression in personalist style regimes.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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His is a more enlightened era, but Hannes, lonely and withdrawn, doesn’t share his classmates’ interest in campus sit-ins and free love.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Lost was the fact that a grid-connection request is just the start of a multiyear process that involves permitting and legal review and often ends in withdrawn or downsized projects.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The conservation effort is also rooted in faith as the cloistered community is inspired in part by Laudato Si', a 2015 encyclical from Pope Francis calling for environmental stewardship.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Before the rise of Aventura, bachata — Dominican folk music of the working class, which traces its roots to the 1960s — was largely a cloistered concern.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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All three companies sell products that aren’t day-to-day essentials, such as concert tickets, river cruises and insulated water bottles.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Beds are plush, and rooms are well insulated from outside noise, which matters in a city that rarely quiets down.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Yet thanks to the property's mature landscaping and beachfront footprint, the hotel feels more secluded than most of its neighbors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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Gifford's home is in Riverside's prestigious Indian Head Association and on a secluded road.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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The 61-year-old retired police officer spent 37 days behind bars before authorities dropped the felony charge against him in October.—
R.j. Rico,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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The 10th District will feature a rematch between Perry, a retired Army National Guard brigadier general and staunch Trump ally, and Stelson, a former television news anchor who narrowly lost to him in 2024.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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“Segregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregated. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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