DESEGREGATION Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

desegregation

noun

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Recent Examples of desegregation Often, Bell wrote, desegregation turned out not to be the fastest or surest method to improve these children’s school experience. —

Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools. —

Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 By the mid-1970s, after desegregation, many of these clubs closed down and eventually fell into disrepair. —

Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026 Many Rosenwald schools were closed, demolished, or repurposed following desegregation. —

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for desegregation

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integration

Noun

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some hardware makers like Apple design their own chips, which can give a consumer electronics company more control over the integration of hardware and software.

— Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Value now depends on integration with distribution, first-party data, and measurable acquisition systems.

— Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026