SEGREGATING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

segregating

verb

present participle of segregate

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 Titcomb said that flexibility could allow garment factories to send polyester-elastane cutting scraps together rather than segregating each composition as production lines change. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes. — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026 The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026 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. — 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 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

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Examples of ultraprocessing include separating whole foods into substances, chemically formulating foods or using cosmetic additives such as food dyes.

— Garrett M. Broad, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Use Data To Evaluate Ideas One helpful practice is separating the idea from the person voicing it.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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That would target true luxury by isolating the top 5% of the market, and would shield the vital professional class that keeps NYC’s economy, healthcare systems and businesses running.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Reduced access to such resources is especially dangerous with strains like Bundibugyo – in the absence of an effective vaccine, tracing the spread of disease and isolating potential disease contacts is especially important.

— Ananya Rupanagunta, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026

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