desegregate
verb (used with object)
to eliminate racial segregation in.
desegregating
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present participleof desegregate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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And the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare used the leverage those funds provided to press schools into desegregating.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2025
And desegregating lunch counters and restaurants because that's what we're best at.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2024
He also liked the idea of desegregating queer history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Stern mostly avoided topical poems, but he was a longtime political activist whose causes included desegregating a swimming pool in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and organizing an anti-apartheid reading at the University of Iowa.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
As the new minister at the Church of Christ on Texas and Clements streets on the Southside, he undertook the challenge of desegregating the schools and obliterating the boundary of the railroad tracks.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
