as in to isolate
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 segregate
Because PortMiami’s revenues and expenses are segregated from Miami-Dade’s core budget, no tax dollars would be involved in the deal.
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Douglas Hanks
june 16,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Fresno was racially segregated, with a diverse immigrant population living on its West side.
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Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
In the 1940s, beaches, along with many other places, were segregated in the South.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
At the Irvine Bowl, the lawsuit argues, wheelchair-accessible spaces are clustered in only three areas of the steep hillside amphitheater, with one cluster completely segregated from the rest of the seating.
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Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Douglas Hanks
june 16,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Fresno was racially segregated, with a diverse immigrant population living on its West side.
—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
In the 1940s, beaches, along with many other places, were segregated in the South.
—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
At the Irvine Bowl, the lawsuit argues, wheelchair-accessible spaces are clustered in only three areas of the steep hillside amphitheater, with one cluster completely segregated from the rest of the seating.
—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregate
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Where heat domes are hitting hardest in 2026 This summer’s extreme heat is not isolated to one region.
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First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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“Segregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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