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Recent Examples of segregation Older Black Americans are less likely to have a birth certificate because they were denied hospital births during segregation. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025 The District Six Museum, on the mainland, is another great place to gain a better understanding of racial segregation in South Africa. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2025 The report emphasizes that the company's internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2024, due to a lack of a functioning audit committee and inadequate segregation of duties. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025 The city integrated, but block-by-block segregation kept white and Black residents apart. Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for segregation
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Noun
  • From tech to energy, these careers offer six-figure potential and solitude.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In an interview with Variety, Majors responded to a comment about Maddox’s crushing solitude and the on-screen violence by asking where the reporter sees violence in the film.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Long commutes, isolation from friends, and unexpected maintenance costs have turned dream homes into financial and emotional burdens.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The damages go beyond loss of learning, a dire consequence in its own right: Millions of families, both children and parents, still carry the scars of stress, depression, and isolation.
    David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The audit, initiated at the request of congressional leaders, will specifically examine whether DOGE adheres to privacy and data protection laws.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This will have a chilling effect for founders and innovators in the crypto/digital asset space looking to build infrastructure, particularly involving privacy preserving technology.
    Andrea Tinianow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregation. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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