as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy
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Recent Examples of segregation
Denver’s schools are in crisis with chronic absenteeism, declining enrollment, segregation, and too few low-income students thriving academically.
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Van Schoales, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
Institutional investors were reducing segregation.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The very policies and practices that had sustained Black business districts under segregation — captive markets, enforced proximity, and a philosophy of economic self-reliance —were suddenly undermined once Black consumers could freely choose mainstream establishments.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Their arrival came as a Ku Klux Klansman sat on the Gary City Council, and segregation was the de facto law of the land.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Van Schoales, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
Institutional investors were reducing segregation.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The very policies and practices that had sustained Black business districts under segregation — captive markets, enforced proximity, and a philosophy of economic self-reliance —were suddenly undermined once Black consumers could freely choose mainstream establishments.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Their arrival came as a Ku Klux Klansman sat on the Gary City Council, and segregation was the de facto law of the land.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregation
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This inclination toward solitude appears to stem from underestimating others’ willingness to engage and unawareness of how much of a lift a mere social exchange can provide.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Intrepid types who truly seek solitude may also want to consider the Highlands—the uninhabited center of the island.—
Ali Wunderman,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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Time behind bars often brings exposure to violence, isolation, and the loss of personal control, experiences that can create lingering fear, anxiety, and symptoms much like post-traumatic stress disorder.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scientists revealed that the nuclei of hydrogen isotopes form plasma, which, being electrically charged, can be held in isolation from the walls by a magnetic field inside the toroidal vacuum chamber of the reactor (these sorts of reactors are called tokamaks).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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More advanced methods, including differential privacy and federated learning, allow researchers to collaborate without moving sensitive data outside hospital walls.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Massachusetts is unusual in that state victim privacy laws bar police from releasing incident reports of rape to the public.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
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When so many of today’s complaints—the loneliness of young people, the torturous dating market, the loosening of community bonds—come down to interpersonal alienation, the idea of American culture returning to a primal, highly evolved signal of kinship and compatibility is tantalizing.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Research confirms these types of connections reduce loneliness and boost self-esteem.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregation. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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