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verb

past tense of segregate

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Recent Examples of segregated
Adjective
Duke typically reserved a small, segregated section for Black attendees. Tracie Canada / Made By History, TIME, 1 Jan. 2025 At the moment, Ross is wrapping up a handful of home projects along with a historic preservation project to restore an old segregated school that will be turned into a museum for the community. Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
In the 1940s, beaches, along with many other places, were segregated in the South. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024 The decision marked a victory for outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden's administration, which had argued that senior military leaders had long recognized that a scarcity of minority officers could create distrust within the armed forces, which were racially segregated until 1948. Nate Raymond, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for segregated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregated
Verb
  • Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Then the dancers disappeared, too, except for Abraham and a couple, who separated and lapped the stage one last time before leaving.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Steve Mariucci and the coaching staff didn’t seem to know what to make of Rice, who had become more temperamental and withdrawn.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The expressions on these youthful figures are intent and heartfelt: obedient, frightened, absorbed, wary, withdrawn, cruel, proud, sly, or shy.
    Michael Bracewell, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The department does not just look at violent crimes as isolated incidents, but instead identifies patterns and repeat offenders to find those who are driving crime in Aurora, Thomas said.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Last summer, an unsettling quiet cloaked the isolated Southwest Alaska community of King Cove as the town’s economic engine — a sprawling seafood processing plant — sat shuttered.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • That process, undertaken in cloistered seclusion, provides not only the movie’s action but also its warily aggressive tone.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
  • This is not the first time that a group of Silicon Valley elites have attempted to build a cloistered community, away from but still adjacent to the center of the tech industry.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Although affluent travelers have traditionally selected luxury hotels and opulent resorts as their preferred choice of accommodations, secluded villas and opulent suites with all the bells and whistles have recently become popular among ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The story of a secluded group of siblings who harbor a dark secret, and the local librarian (Taylor-Joy) who forms a bond with them, Marrowbone also features rising stars Mia Goth, George MacKay, Charlie Heaton, and Kyle Soller.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As a retired military officer, Caine will be brought back onto active duty and will have to be confirmed by the Senate in order to assume the role of the president's senior military adviser and the nation's top military officer.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The weather conditions may have become treacherous before the pilots were able to adapt, said retired jet pilot Les Abend.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The petition came hours after a divided appeals court panel refused on procedural grounds to lift the order, which was filed Wednesday and expires on Feb. 26.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2025
  • In our profoundly divided country, everybody seems to agree on one thing.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025

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“Segregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregated. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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