segregate
verb (used with object)
to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate.
had segregated
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past perfectof segregate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I decided to build my own storage containers that had segregated compartments.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
That was roughly the number of states that still had segregated schools in 1954, when the court decided Brown v.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2015
Some northern states had segregated schools, theaters, hotels, and restaurants.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Over the next 18 months, the South African parliament repealed apartheid laws that had segregated public facilities and restricted land ownership by blacks.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Old Donald had segregated that from his holdings when he pledged the land, as a matter of sentiment, not of value.
From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson
