as in to isolate
to set or keep apart from others
the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd
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The Map – This is easily the most significant, overall addition Borderlands 4 brings to the table over all past games, which were segregated into a dozen or two loading screens to get to place to place.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Newtown, Sarasota A few miles north of downtown Sarasota, Newtown is a small community that was established in 1914 when Jim Crow laws segregated Black Americans from Sarasota proper.
—Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Juvenile inmates are segregated from the adult jail population, Moyer said.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Instead of segregating different regions behind loading screens as with previous games, now your environment is a single seamless setting that feels more connected than ever.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Newtown, Sarasota A few miles north of downtown Sarasota, Newtown is a small community that was established in 1914 when Jim Crow laws segregated Black Americans from Sarasota proper.
—Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Juvenile inmates are segregated from the adult jail population, Moyer said.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Instead of segregating different regions behind loading screens as with previous games, now your environment is a single seamless setting that feels more connected than ever.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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The tide could be a foot higher than the point where major flooding begins that can produce severe damage to homes and businesses, making some roads impassable and isolating neighborhoods.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Aid is expected to flow into Gaza, where scenes of devastation and hunger, as well as a famine declaration, have prompted outrage around the world and left Israel isolated diplomatically.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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One idea that has already been discussed internally would see Real Madrid being effectively split into two different entities — separating the football side from the business side.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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One particularly aggressive military style raid on an apartment building in south Chicago saw dozens arrested and children separated from their parents.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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