as in separates
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 segregates
The crowd was about 50-50 housed and unhoused — the invisible veil that normally segregates these two worlds had been lifted.
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Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregates
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But one thing that separates Monroe from his brothers?—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2026
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This was the second showdown vote on the commission for Kelly, a longtime Miami-Dade business that wants to move its Doral headquarters to a larger campus on land that sits outside the county’s Urban Development Boundary (UDB), which separates suburban development from rural areas.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Disconnecting the negative cable first isolates the battery and eliminates that possibility.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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Meek’s best writing often isolates intimate moments with tenderness and relatability.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Segregates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregates. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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