as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy
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Recent Examples of segregation
The hospital began recruiting Black nurses, particularly women from the South who were qualified nurses but unable to find meaningful employment due to segregation.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Since 2001, land disputes between Christians and Muslims have led to as many as 7,000 deaths in Jos, fostering distrust and further segregation between both religious groups.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
Women entered public life, and standards of decorum shifted to accommodate them, though certainly not to include them—gender segregation became a paramount concern, according to Baldwin, for preserving the modesty and propriety of women.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Jan. 2025
Thomas, who leads his own bus tours that aim to fight segregation in Chicago, said many histories of the city ignore its rich Islamic traditions.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Since 2001, land disputes between Christians and Muslims have led to as many as 7,000 deaths in Jos, fostering distrust and further segregation between both religious groups.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
Women entered public life, and standards of decorum shifted to accommodate them, though certainly not to include them—gender segregation became a paramount concern, according to Baldwin, for preserving the modesty and propriety of women.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Jan. 2025
Thomas, who leads his own bus tours that aim to fight segregation in Chicago, said many histories of the city ignore its rich Islamic traditions.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregation
Noun
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What started off as a tranquil moment of solitude turned into a disaster, as the Labrador showed no understanding of personal space.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Collaboration like this doesn’t come easy to a confessional artist so at home in solitude.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As an aging woman in a society that tends to overlook the elderly, her sense of isolation and her resilience in overcoming it resonated with me deeply.—
Kevin Cassidy,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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But so he’s been pickled in loneliness and insecurity and isolation and has become this terrible, worst version of himself.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This matters because Android 15 brings a host of critical security and privacy updates, and Samsung’s One UI 7 does even more to narrow the security gap to iPhone.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Gabbard accuses security agencies of eroding privacy and civil liberties.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregation. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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