segregating

present participle of segregate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of segregating 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
Verb
  • As the vehicle was carried into a wash north of West Main Street, it was overtaken by floodwaters, separating Aguilera-Padilla and Xavier, who had managed to exit the vehicle.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Though he was stationed at the fryer, Saft organized the stockroom on his own time, separating sauces from Happy Meal toys.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than isolating elders to a clinical setting, Assisted Living Magazine encourages environments where leisure, purpose, and community are part of everyone’s daily life.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • During the dictatorships after World War II, the natural barrier of the Accursed Mountains was fortified, set about with land mines, and patrolled, effectively isolating the stronghold of Albania from the rest of the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Segregating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregating. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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