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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 segregated
Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
On 2 March 1955, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African- American high-school student, boarded a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, taking a window seat.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The Endeavour gold is segregated from other sources, refined, and sent to the Bettses’ refinery and other casting houses—stamped with a serial number and accompanying QR code for verification.
—Jill Newman, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
She was educated at Dunbar High School as part of the school’s last segregated class.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
On 2 March 1955, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African- American high-school student, boarded a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, taking a window seat.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
Fairbanks, who was Black and Seminole, was born in the Deep South at a time when ice rinks were segregated.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The Endeavour gold is segregated from other sources, refined, and sent to the Bettses’ refinery and other casting houses—stamped with a serial number and accompanying QR code for verification.
—Jill Newman, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregated
Adjective
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Finally, Rotterdam’s Youth Jury Award went to Ah Girl by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, about a young girl caught in a war between her separated parents.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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Channing Tatum has undergone surgery for a separated shoulder.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The extractor isolated lithium from competing sodium ions with a 370,000-fold efficiency.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Atreus grew up in a remote forest cabin, isolated from the rest of the world and raised almost entirely by his mother Faye.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Flynns’ pompous neighbor, Jim Doherty, a divorcé with a withdrawn, unpleasant son, encourages Catherine’s artistic rebirth.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Off-screen, Affleck has a slightly rougher star persona, while Damon’s can be a little more withdrawn and intellectual.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Nestled in these cloistered reaches, hippie spiritual communes proliferated, along with their secret gardens.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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But her mother guards her fiercely, because even the most minor imbalance in her small, cloistered world could bring the seizures back again.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But analyst Frederic Boulan believes that investors use this slump as an opportunity to accumulate those companies with insulated businesses that remain attractive.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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The HeatWave Go features a stainless steel reflective insulated cover and an infrared heat lamp tube in its top section, located above a food-grade stainless steel lunch box.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Willingham returned from lunch, then went from his secluded office to the locked evidence room, which he was not authorized to enter, multiple sources with knowledge of the events told CNN.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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For a few years now, Jonah McDonald, the naturalist for DeKalb County’s parks, has maintained several trail cameras in a secluded wetland at Mason Mill Park in Decatur.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In November, the Pentagon opened an investigation into Kelly, citing a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other punishment.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Jim Cavanaugh, a retired agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who is now an NBC News law enforcement analyst, said he’s not convinced the ransom note is legitimate.—
Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Segregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregated. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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