segregate
verb (used with object)
to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate.
segregates
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present tense formof segregate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
And yet, "y'all" is a word that in and of itself integrates rather than segregates.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021
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
Nevertheless we have reason to suppose that the character segregates in the gametes, though the nature of these cannot always be decided from the appearance of the bird which bears them.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
