segregate
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Synonyms & Antonyms for segregate
Synonyms: Verb
cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, separate, sequester
Antonyms: Verb
desegregate, integrate, reintegrate
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The civil rights movement fought against practices that segregated blacks and whites. Many states at that time continued to segregate public schools.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Then, as now, most children attended neighborhood schools; if the neighborhoods were segregated, so, too were the schools. — Michelle Adams, The New Republic, "The Integration Success Stories," 23 Aug. 2019 Women have very nearly been segregated out of the mainstream country format for years, and sixtysomethings are unwelcome, no matter their gender. — David Cantwell, The New Yorker, "Tanya Tuckerās New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career," 23 Aug. 2019 New music is mostly segregated to two programs curated by David Lang. — Los Angeles Times, "Commentary: La Jollaās SummerFest has a new artistic director to go with its new concert hall," 5 Aug. 2019 The all-black Montford Point Marines are known by that name because they were trained at Montford Point, N.C., separate from white Marines at a time when the Marine Corps was still segregated. — Shelly Haskins, al.com, "Alabama WWII vet helped integrate the Marines," 23 June 2019 Stacy recounts her experience documenting the reversal of racial balance in Buffalo, New York in her recent cover story My hometown schools are segregated again. — Christian Science Monitor, "EqualEd," 7 June 2019 Indeed, Houston is also the most income-segregated of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. — NBC News, "Join NBC News Learn for a live community event in Houston," 31 July 2019 Conversations in this city can be as segregated as the neighborhoods. — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "This veteran sports psychologist has worked with the Packers and Bucks. Now he's speaking up about racism," 16 July 2019 And while prison officials often segregate rival gangs, feuds frequently erupt into violence. — Ernesto LondoƱo, New York Times, "Prison Riot Leaves 52 Dead in Northern Brazil," 29 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Other sensitive data, including family trees and DNA data, are stored on segregate systems that are separate from those that house email addresses. — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, "Ancestry Site MyHeritage Says 92 Million User Accounts Have Been Compromised," 5 June 2018 As public schools re-segregate, the rise in charter schools has not helped this trend. — Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, "Why Brown v Board of Education Is More Important Than Ever," 17 May 2018 There is also another cultural trend that has led many in our nation to ideologically self-segregate, not based on race, but based on ideology. — James Lankford, National Review, "The Best Approach To Racism: Engage Each Other," 19 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'segregate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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