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
Today, 67 years after Brown, racial and economic segregation are rising sharply among schoolchildren in the South and across the country.
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
While Southern migrants saw Detroit as a promised land, segregation in the North was alive and well.
—Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
When Richie was growing up, the campus was a safe haven for Black people in Alabama during the period of racial segregation in the South enforced by Jim Crow laws.
—Ilana Frost, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
However, the reality is that the consequences of slavery and segregation did not end with their legal abolition.
—C. Anthony Muse, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
While Southern migrants saw Detroit as a promised land, segregation in the North was alive and well.
—Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
When Richie was growing up, the campus was a safe haven for Black people in Alabama during the period of racial segregation in the South enforced by Jim Crow laws.
—Ilana Frost, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
However, the reality is that the consequences of slavery and segregation did not end with their legal abolition.
—C. Anthony Muse, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregation
Noun
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The news was the type of surprise that necessitated a few moments of solitude.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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After the many weeks in the solitude of woods and mountains, Goldie showed a strong dislike for the crowds and traffic noises of San Francisco.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Varley’s grip, her taut observation of nerve-wracking isolation, loosens and the film devolves into a blunt and clichéd consideration of family.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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The most successful domestic noir and psychological thrillers of recent years have tackled universal anxieties: housing insecurity, financial precarity, isolation in the digital age, the fragility of relationships.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Teens commonly described negative experiences involving social drama, cyberbullying and privacy violations.—
Abdulmalik Alluhidan,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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The sun conjunct Neptune in Pisces will ignite your 12th house of secrets, privacy and spirituality, stirring up subconscious thoughts and dreams.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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