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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
Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
By that point, the 80,000 or so Jewish residents who hadn’t fled were being herded into segregated housing.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
From westward expansion through World War II and beyond, Black Americans fought for a nation that segregated them in uniform and excluded them at home.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
In April 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns organized a student strike to protest the shabby conditions and inadequate education at her segregated Black high school in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
—Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
By that point, the 80,000 or so Jewish residents who hadn’t fled were being herded into segregated housing.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
The school district segregated its Black students to a four-room elementary school called Mansfield Colored School on West Broad Street.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
From westward expansion through World War II and beyond, Black Americans fought for a nation that segregated them in uniform and excluded them at home.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregated
Adjective
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The collaboration aims to create a recycling system at MP Materials' Mountain Pass refinery, where MP Materials will recycle end-of-life and other magnet materials to make separated oxides.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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In actuality, washing rice removes excess starch, dust, and debris to ultimately help the grains to be more separated and fluffy, rather than sticky.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Oak Lawn police have identified a person of interest, and said the incident appeared to be isolated and domestic in nature.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Brooks Range and icy coastline of Prudhoe Bay have functionally isolated the tundra’s plant-fungus partnerships from the rest of Alaska.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Parents report that many children stop eating, lose weight and become withdrawn.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, Babilonia matured from the shy withdrawn child who refused to hold a boy’s hand into a bold, strong and confident woman.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Does the oppression of cloistered women in Catholic Europe in any way connect to the liberation of dissenting women in Protestant Europe?—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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The result is a zanier and livelier ride than the cloistered and predictable Harry’s House.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Flight attendants have fire-resistant bags and insulated gloves to put overheating devices into to contain any potential blaze.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Flight attendants have fire-resistant bags and insulated gloves to put overheating devices into to contain any potential blaze.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With no public footpath crossing the land, the secluded cove is accessible only from the estate itself or by boat—an unusual level of privacy for this stretch of coast.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Apr. 2026
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Vilchez drove her to a secluded location and got into the backseat and raped her before driving her home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Already, the department is overburdened, leaving the responsibility for handling many attacks by wolves and other predators to local law enforcement, said David Bess, a retired chief of CDFW’s enforcement division.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Harris, a retired Army general, pulled in more votes than Fuller, a district attorney, in last month's contest as Republicans split their votes among several candidates.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Segregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregated. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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