ghettoization

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Noun
  • In court filings, incarcerated people and outside experts described administrative segregation units as psychologically damaging environments that can worsen symptoms and increase suicide risk.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
  • Good Samaritan was brought about during the Jim Crow era where segregation laws were being enforced.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Jocytė finished with three points in 16 minutes, most notably calling for an isolation against Clark and hitting a 3-pointer in her face.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • The facility’s location was scheduled to be located on the Laikipia Airbase, about 125 miles north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with additional isolation and biocontainment capacity to be added later, according to the US official.
    Larry Madowo, CNN Money, 29 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
  • The near-silent electric motor, combined with impressive sound insulation, creates one of the quietest cabins in the segment.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The building integrates perlite insulation, timber balcony structures, 500 sq m (5,400 sq ft) of photovoltaic panels, and a hybrid gas/heat pump system by Atlantic Systèmes, achieving around 60% energy self-sufficiency in compliance with France's RE2020 2025 [green building] targets.
    Adam Williams May 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Create a sense of solitude with fast-growing plants that screen views while enhancing the garden.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
  • Saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who spent more than two years practicing in solitude as a young man on a windswept New York bridge to reinvent his playing and become one of the giants of jazz, died at the age of 95 on Monday, May 25, his publicist said.
    William Schomberg, USA Today, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • Rooms are all stand-alone bungalows, and designed with privacy in mind.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • And the zebra shade's alternating sheer and opaque bands offer precise control over light and privacy.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Trellises and arbors supporting vines also contribute to a sense of intimacy and seclusion.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
  • Then, at the peak of his popularity, Rollins went into seclusion, spending the next two years practicing alone on a solitary niche above the East River on a Williamsburg Bridge walkway.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 May 2026
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“Ghettoization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghettoization. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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