segregate

verb

ˈse-gri-ˌgāt How to pronounce segregate (audio)
Definition of segregatenext
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 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 The service still segregates music from podcasts, unlike Spotify. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026 This bombastic rhetoric echoes an inherent feeling of frustration in Russia over the failure to segregate Ukraine from the West. — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026 One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes. — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for segregate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregate
  1. isolate
  2. separate
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  • That allows personnel to train against the physical aircraft, radio-frequency characteristics and flight behavior of DJI systems while attempting to isolate the drones from external data connections.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to being isolated by the river, Regio XIV was also beyond the pomerium, or religious boundary.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolate
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  • For the first time, two worlds—once separated—are coming face to face, not through screams, but through laughter.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The couple separated in 1981, and their divorce was finalized in 1983.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of separate

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