ghettoization

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Noun
  • Kansas was one of 21 states with school segregation.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
  • In the Jazz Age, the culture and the style that Bradley was soaking up every night were information that white performers craved, but which racial segregation impeded them from accessing.
    Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • She is thrown into isolation before getting the opportunity to once again assimilate, Marc is a genuine taskmaster, but a dedicated defender publicly and to the cops about the legitimacy of his operation and its residents.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • Founded by Emma Lewis, Sarah Azzouzi and Kyla Embrey, the initiative is designed to drive foot traffic and visibility toward independent vintage retailers by encouraging stores to operate collectively rather than in isolation—an intention that aligns seamlessly with the event’s rapid expansion.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.
    Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Finally, homeowners insurance generally covers burst pipes, roof damage and falling limbs when the damage is sudden and unexpected, but claims can be denied if insurers find negligence — like shutting off the heat or skipping pipe insulation, per guidance from the Texas Department of Insurance.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
  • Earthly lubricants won’t withstand the moon’s vacuum, which additionally serves as insulation preventing the release of excess heat from machinery.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Now, Sawyer has produced a special for ABC News getting to the bottom of Simmons’s final decade of solitude.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • For individuals, practices such as solitude, reflection, journaling, movement, prayer, and time in nature are not only reactive tools for moments of crisis.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The department declined to provide additional details about the residents, citing a need to protect their privacy.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2026
  • Like other archives of this kind, the material will not be accessible to the public for a set period of time to protect the privacy of the victims.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Their new home sits on 2 acres and has the seclusion Maszk craved for her young children.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
  • That seclusion becomes particularly problematic when one day the police show up at their door with warrants to take away all of Philip’s computers and hard drives.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
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“Ghettoization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghettoization. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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