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adjective

Definition of segregatednext
as in separated

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verb

past tense of segregate
as in isolated
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 segregated
Adjective
New research is drawing sharper links between dementia risk and where people live, from segregated census tracts to entire regions of the country. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 The Mosier Valley community was promised Mosier Valley Park in 2014, to be built on what was the site of the segregated Mosier Valley School. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
Verb
With its genetic material segregated at either pole, one cell can safely become two, born from a microscopic tug-of-war. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026 To surrender to those gifts, as Rowland put it, was to shatter boundaries that had previously kept Black artists segregated to genre and medium. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for segregated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregated
  1. separated
  2. isolated
  3. withdrawn
  4. sequestered
  5. cloistered
  6. insulated
  7. secluded
  8. retired
Adjective
  • Black Pride Colorado Organizers say the world feels so separated, and pride will be used to keep everyone together.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The separated explants, though, got busy dismantling parts of themselves that were no longer useful.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed to be isolated, leading to unauthorized access to three organizations’ systems.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Workers isolated the affected system, restored a backup and restarted the plant in about 90 minutes, Mayor Nate George confirmed to CBS News.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of isolated
Adjective
  • In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • The withdrawn earnings are taxed as ordinary income, the Treasury said.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 11 July 2026
Definition of withdrawn
Adjective
  • Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
  • The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of sequestered
Adjective
  • Americans elected to public office celebrate with supporters in cloistered hotel ballrooms, away from opponents.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Another work looked at a cloistered nerd and his obsessive hobbies.
    — Paul Hodgins, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
Definition of cloistered
Adjective
  • Tamas locates its tragedy not only in violence and displacement but also in the speed with which neighbors become enemies while those who engineer communal hatred remain insulated from the suffering that follows.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Yet, the ruling hardliners remain insulated, controlling vast wealth.
    — Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of insulated
Adjective
  • Think a helicopter ride to Antiparos, private boat trips to secluded beaches around the island, wine tastings at local vineyards, and visits to marble workshops.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • The narrative chronicles the desperate struggle for survival in a secluded harbor town after residents discover a mysterious alien entity on their outskirts.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of secluded
Adjective
  • More recently, 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, was killed on July 25 after he was hit by a stray bullet while riding his bike outside a Bronx bodega.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Family members have identified the man killed in a fast-moving house fire that tore through four homes in Lansdale, Pennsylvania early Friday as John Garchinsky, a retired Marine and Purple Heart recipient.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of retired

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