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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Recent Examples of segregate
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.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
His constitutional rights, particularly the Eighth Amendment, fails relevancy here because Kohberger is segregated from all other inmates, thus being reasonably protected from physical harm.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
This means that Democratic and Republican voters are segregated from each other geographically, with Democrats tending toward big cities and suburbs, and Republicans occupying rural areas.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
His constitutional rights, particularly the Eighth Amendment, fails relevancy here because Kohberger is segregated from all other inmates, thus being reasonably protected from physical harm.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
This means that Democratic and Republican voters are segregated from each other geographically, with Democrats tending toward big cities and suburbs, and Republicans occupying rural areas.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregate
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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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Just when things appeared to cool down and players were separated, another skirmish occurred near the bleachers.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Tocchet tried playing the two of them together in camp, in practices and in the preseason games, but separated them for the final preseason game and for Monday’s practice.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Segregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregate. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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