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segregates
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The crowd was about 50-50 housed and unhoused — the invisible veil that normally segregates these two worlds had been lifted.—
Brian Barth,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026 -
But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Decentralizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decentralizes. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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