ghettoization

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Noun
  • The southern United States under the Jim Crow system of segregation, for example, was governed by a form of racial fascism premised not on a single powerful leader, but on decentralized groups of vigilantes and terrorists.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
  • While in segregation, staff observed him in distress and contacted on-site medical personnel for assistance.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Studies show that men aged 16 to 28 report social isolation and loneliness among their top three challenges.
    Anthony V. Mack, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Other European capitals, including Kyiv and London, consider it too soon to end Putin’s diplomatic isolation, Le Monde reported.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Since becoming president of Taiwan, last May, Lai has asserted Taiwan’s separateness from the mainland and muted his predecessor’s efforts to reassure Beijing.
    STEPHEN WERTHEIM, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Notably, young calves have thinner blubber and more limited thermal insulation than adults, which makes warmer breeding areas much more hospitable than the frigid Arctic seas.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Keep your water faucets dripping, wrap your pipes in minimally heated areas with piping insulation, and leave doors open to allow heat to flow through your home.
    Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the plants grown in solitude had significantly higher levels of anthocyanins.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
  • In the movie’s first dramatic scene, achingly redolent of memory, the brothers—the older is eleven, the younger eight—loll in front of their family’s house, snacking, grousing, playing with paper action figures, trying to fill the solitude and the silence around them with banter and bravado.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Concerns about data privacy and worries that Europe is not doing enough to keep up with the United States and Chinese tech leadership are also fueling the drive.
    Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Weigh the convenience against the privacy trade-off.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For a real sense of seclusion, opt for one of the family pool villas that feel like miniature forts.
    Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Even in the relative seclusion of our home, the world has found us.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Ghettoization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghettoization. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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