as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy
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Recent Examples of segregation
The first protections announced apply to Nevada’s Ruby Mountains and would protect the range from mining for 20 years, beginning with a two-year segregation period during which no new mining claims would be allowed on an area spanning about 264,000 acres.
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Zack Budryk, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
His mother's independence as a nurse who ignored many of the Jim Crow South's racial segregation customs, and his exposure to Black playmates, clerics and, neighboring sharecroppers, formed his eventual embrace of equal opportunity for all Americans.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
They were born and raised in the South during segregation.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
The company has identified a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting, specifically inadequate segregation of duties.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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Zack Budryk, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
His mother's independence as a nurse who ignored many of the Jim Crow South's racial segregation customs, and his exposure to Black playmates, clerics and, neighboring sharecroppers, formed his eventual embrace of equal opportunity for all Americans.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
They were born and raised in the South during segregation.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
The company has identified a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting, specifically inadequate segregation of duties.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregation
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But there’s also noble resilience in its depiction of solitude, a strange kind of comfort in its rapturous melancholy and companionship in the voices of the dead.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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On The Water Apart from that sense of solitude, a major part of the appeal is clearly the location: on a peninsula with one side fronting the calm, pure turquoise water of the Caicos Bank; the other side, the rolling waves of the Atlantic in varying shades of blue.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The isolation tank, communicating with other species, all of these things had very early roots in (the question) how can this be exploited?—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Leaders often report feelings of isolation, which further compounds stress and reduces their ability to find balance.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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Industry surveys have shown that data privacy and the high cost of implementing large language models are among the reasons why enterprises have resisted AI adoption.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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Who better to ensure AI tools respect and protect women's privacy and dignity than those who have long fought for these basic rights?—
Erin Grau,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregation. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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