desegregate
verb (used with object)
to eliminate racial segregation in.
were desegregating
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past progressiveof desegregate.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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In Nashville, for example, where the city's two dailies reported that Catholic schools were desegregating completely, neither paper followed up the news to see how well desegregation was working.
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