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
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
Turning to go in again, the three were confronted with the Norman segregates.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett
