SEGREGATE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

segregate

verb

ˈse-gri-ˌgāt

Definition of segregate

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 As officials later found out, living quarters inside the school were segregated by gender. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 The International Olympic Committee announced that South Africa would be barred from the summer Olympics in Tokyo due to the country’s apartheid policies that segregated sports. — USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Ten transgender women are currently segregated in the same unit at a prison in Fort Worth, Texas. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 His resulting exploration tracks the ways in which Black residents were effectively segregated, through racial covenants and redlining, and overpoliced. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for segregate

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The rare meeting underscored Washington's willingness to reopen high-level diplomatic channels with Moscow, even as European allies have intended to keep the nation isolated while the war continues.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
When practical, keep at least one backup disconnected from your computer or otherwise isolated from routine activity.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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The team analyzed the corridor over the long term and used seasonal-trend decomposition using LOESS, a statistical method that helped separate seasonal fluctuations from longer-term settlement.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
The bridge connects two settlements in a valley in northwest Rwanda that are separated by the river.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

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