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
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.
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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
One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 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
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
One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregating
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The event has been criticized as promoting Christian nationalism and obscuring the lines separating church and state.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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The nation’s tradition of separating church and state, however, was not on display.—
Tiffany Stanley,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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In past outbreaks of the Andes virus, taking steps such as isolating people who are sick — and asking those who aren’t sick but have been exposed to stay away from others — have brought outbreaks to an end.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Plenty of teams have found joy by isolating Chelsea’s defenders with a long ball over the top and City are not above doing so.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Segregating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregating. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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