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
The segregation of students is often used to segregate resources; a challenge to inequity leads to a discussion of fair funding, and Volinsky discusses several of the cases that raised that challenge before arriving at the Claremont lawsuit.
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
In 2016, Israeli news media reported that three hospitals were segregating Jewish and Arab mothers in their maternity wards.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Layered roof leaves offer a way to let air circulate — and a means to split the terminal into several mini-terminals in case one of them needs to be blocked off quickly to segregate passengers or test for diseases.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
These fissures are where Islamism leaps in to segregate, cohort, and indoctrinate with antidemocratic illiberal Islamist values forming the milieu ripe for radicalization, including terrorism and evolutionary jihad.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
In 2016, Israeli news media reported that three hospitals were segregating Jewish and Arab mothers in their maternity wards.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Layered roof leaves offer a way to let air circulate — and a means to split the terminal into several mini-terminals in case one of them needs to be blocked off quickly to segregate passengers or test for diseases.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
These fissures are where Islamism leaps in to segregate, cohort, and indoctrinate with antidemocratic illiberal Islamist values forming the milieu ripe for radicalization, including terrorism and evolutionary jihad.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregate
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Critical flight systems must be isolated from public-facing applications.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Interestingly, research has found that asthmatics tend to have lower levels of IgG. While camel milk is rich in these bioactive compounds, the study didn’t isolate or quantify which specific components were responsible for the observed effects.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
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What also helps separate their value is that Dobson’s a righty, to complement Hutson’s left-handedness.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Much depends on whether the resin can be separated from other wastes.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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“Segregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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