segregate
verb (used with object)
to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate.
has segregated
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present perfectof segregate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. forces retreated inside fenced-off hubs, a process that has segregated them from local communities in the decades since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
In the piece of concept art above, an upper class has segregated itself into a city built on nostalgia for what the developers call “the cyber renaissance.”
From Forbes ● Oct. 2, 2013
At Colter Bay, in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, a luxurious campground financed by the Rockefellers has segregated areas for cabin campers, trailer campers, campers, or just plain tenters.
From Time Magazine Archive
In many cases, certain mineral matter which was originally diffused through a rock has segregated so as to form nodules and irregular layers.
From Geology by James Geikie
