as in separates
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 segregates
The crowd was about 50-50 housed and unhoused — the invisible veil that normally segregates these two worlds had been lifted.
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Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregates
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Sedlander said the agents backed Olivar up against the wood railing that separates the public area from where the parties sit.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Historically, the Red Sea has been invaluable, with around one-tenth of global seaborne oil shipments passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an even narrower bottleneck of just 16 miles that separates the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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Meek’s best writing often isolates intimate moments with tenderness and relatability.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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This not only ensures sufficient power delivery, but also effectively isolates any electromagnetic interference to the analog signal from the digital architecture – all in the name of optimum listening.—
Stefan Ionescu
February 24,
New Atlas,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Segregates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregates. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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