Example Sentences

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The factory accepts waste material which it then sorts and segregates.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Frustrating others, sadly, does little to instill joy and only further segregates Americans.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Admiral Ring renewed that effort last June, telling reporters that the current top-secret prison where the military segregates high-value detainees, called Camp 7, would become inadequate as the prisoners aged.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2019

The visual pathway segregates information from the two eyes so that one half of the visual field projects to the other side of the brain.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The Montessori teacher, when she finds that Jimmy is interfering with the work of Alice, segregates the bad Jimmy, and treats him as a sick person.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland