segregate
verb (used with object)
to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate.
was segregating
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past progressiveof segregate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At a time when commercial radio was segregating across lines of style and race, Cornelius presented the richness of black music in all its variety to a national audience.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 2, 2012
