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
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
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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
This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
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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
This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregate
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Passengers who’d fallen ill on the Serenade of the Seas were isolated, disembarking separately upon arrival.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after Henry’s death, Augusta suffered two paralyzing strokes, intensifying her and Ed’s isolated, co-dependent relationship before her death in 1945.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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These are the cases that break models in deployment—and the cases that separate an adequate system from a production-ready one.—
Brian Moore,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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With parishioners running to hide or get out of the building, Carter and Max were pushed up against a glass window separating the chapel from the foyer, which led to an exit.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Segregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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