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Recent Examples of segregation In Wisconsin, a decades-old voucher system has deepened racial and economic segregation and siphoned hundreds of millions from public education, all while failing to deliver tangible results for kids and families. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025 Even growing up in the 1940s and 1950s during the Jim Crow/segregation era didn’t diminish that notion. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025 The largest detention center in California, Adelanto has for years been the focus of complaints from detainees, attorneys and state and federal inspectors about inadequate medical care, overly restrictive segregation and lax mental health services. Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025 This is maybe understandable in the former states of the Confederacy where Republicans took control not as the Party of Lincoln, but as the alternative to the Democrats who had abandoned legal segregation after 90 years of succoring segregation and Jim Crow. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for segregation
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Noun
  • To do this work, the women needed peace and solitude.
    James Rebanks June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • Taking place 11 months after the events of the original game, Sam and his daughter Lou have fled to Mexico to try to live a life of solitude and flee the commanding grip of the United Colonies of America (UCA).
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Playing together helps children learn to forge connections with others Online kindergarten could not solve the problem of isolation.
    UNICEF USA, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The novel, recently adapted into a film starring Glenn Close, encapsulates Jansson’s love of rugged isolation.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Availability and privacy Ask Photos rolls out to more eligible users in the U.S., beyond early access testers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
  • That’s because Mariya, not her real name, is living a dual identity, and to protect her privacy, only the most sacred of confidants — or business partners — can know her true persona.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025

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“Segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregation. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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