SEGREGATING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

segregating

verb

present participle of segregate

as in separating

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 segregating One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes. — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026 The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026 Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up. — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025 The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content. — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 Letting the very small number of transgender students in Minnesota play on their school sports teams doesn't harm anyone, but segregating them does. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025

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With less than a point separating the top five competitors, the all-around race quickly heated up.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The two spacecraft rode to Mars together, with the lander separating from the orbiter ahead of its landing on the Red Planet.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Inspired by communal Italian coffee culture, Gerstl aims to offer an alternative to isolating American coffee shops.

— Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The footage of Anna, for instance, is made public in an incredibly awkward way, further isolating her from her friends.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 31 July 2026

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