as in separating
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 segregating
Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up.
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John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Letting the very small number of transgender students in Minnesota play on their school sports teams doesn't harm anyone, but segregating them does.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Letting the very small number of transgender students in Minnesota play on their school sports teams doesn't harm anyone, but segregating them does.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregating
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The security perimeter kept demonstrators at a distance from the facility, with barricades and checkpoints separating roughly 100 protesters from the detention center.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Historical memory is hugely helpful in separating false promises from sincere innovation, and that should make living legends ideal for steadying progress.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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For transgender and nonbinary students, the problem can be even more isolating when products are unavailable in all-gender bathrooms.—
Gale Brewer,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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These nanoparticles act like tiny chemical magnets, specifically isolating lithium from the rest of the ocean minerals.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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“Segregating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregating. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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