as in to integrate
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Recent Examples of desegregate
Proponents of military segregation once argued that integration would threaten unit cohesion and effectiveness before former President Truman issued a 1948 executive order desegregating the armed forces.
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Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 28 Jan. 2025
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, as was Harry Truman's directive to desegregate the military.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
That case concerned efforts to desegregate public schools in Detroit.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
That started to change when the Justice Department and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare began putting pressure on school districts to desegregate.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 28 Jan. 2025
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, as was Harry Truman's directive to desegregate the military.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
That case concerned efforts to desegregate public schools in Detroit.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
That started to change when the Justice Department and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare began putting pressure on school districts to desegregate.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for desegregate
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregate. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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