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aloneness, insulation, isolation, privacy, secludedness, seclusion, separateness, sequestration, solitariness, solitude
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My Thurgood Marshall Plan for Quality Public Education for All aims to reverse this by reinvesting in our schools and combating the drivers of segregation. — Bernie Sanders, The Mercury News, "Opinion: How Sanders would increase funding for public schools," 6 June 2019 In May 1969, a controversial election for student body president at Dudley High School turned into an open revolt against police repression and racial segregation. — Eric Ginsburg, Teen Vogue, "The Forgotten History of Greensboro's A&T/Dudley Revolt," 20 May 2019 Even though the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited racial segregation in public facilities, tensions persist—if not at an institutional level, then certainly among individuals. — Latria Graham, Outside Online, "We're Here. You Just Don't See Us.," 10 Apr. 2018 Students occupied an administration building at Howard University that month too, and police killed three South Carolina State students protesting segregation just prior to this, in February. — Eric Ginsburg, Teen Vogue, "How April 1968 Changed the United States Forever," 19 Apr. 2019 Some lawmakers and others, however, say the segregation fuels a perception that female recruits are less able and less qualified than men. — Lolita C. Baldor, The Seattle Times, "USMC move to integrate boot camp more ends; future unclear," 30 Mar. 2019 The rule would have tied Community Development Block grant money—which many municipalities depend on—to a formal process for reviewing policies that might be contributing to segregation. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "HUD won one court battle, lost another under Ben Carson in 2018," 26 Dec. 2018 The ruling against segregation was momentous, a win for the lives of 5,000 children and their parents, and for the Mexican-American community. — Mariana Viera, Teen Vogue, "How Méndez vs. Westminster Helped End Segregated Schools for Latinx Children in 1940s California," 12 Oct. 2018 Gender segregation is de rigueur in a region where the oil industry is about 80 percent male. — Longreads, "Life on the Oil Frontier," 23 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'segregation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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