segregate
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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
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 Londoño, New York Times, "Prison Riot Leaves 52 Dead in Northern Brazil," 29 July 2019 In Baltimore, the people who helped draw the maps were realtors who had already been working in the service of segregating Baltimore. — Mahita Gajanan, Time, "Long Before Trump's Tweets, Baltimore Had Become a 'Target.' Here's How Segregation Helped Create Its Problems," 29 July 2019 Gang members mingled in blind spots where staff members were unable to keep track, and design flaws made segregating inmates exceptionally challenging. — Jason Pohl, ProPublica, "Deadly Delays in Jail Construction Cost Lives and Dollars Across California," 20 July 2019 Manage and segregate the mixed crowd and represent the world in fidelity to the color line: View of Italian girls, Boys with Cap, and Two Negroes in Doorway of Dilapidated Building. — Longreads, "A Minor Figure," 20 July 2019 The rules on segregating the sexes have been unofficially relaxed, and Prince Muhammad has suggested that women need not wear flowing abayas (full-length gowns) in public. — The Economist, "Saudi Arabia weighs loosening more controls on women," 18 July 2019 Warren’s plan provides down payment grants to first-time homebuyers who live in areas that were previously redlined or officially segregated. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "Where the Democratic primary candidates stand on housing," 8 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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