segregates

verb

present tense third-person singular of segregate
as in separates
to set or keep apart from others the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd

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Recent Examples of segregates The service still segregates music from podcasts, unlike Spotify. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026 The crowd was about 50-50 housed and unhoused — the invisible veil that normally segregates these two worlds had been lifted. — Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026 But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends. — Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026 In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza. — Uriel Kon september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 This core-mantle boundary segregates two very different geologic realms. — Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregates
  1. separates
  2. isolates
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  • The company now reports earnings in a way that separates these hyperscalers into its AI cloud, industrial and enterprise pack.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • However, what separates Snapchat from its competitors, Sunday said, are its features that lead to compulsive use, like a daily streak symbolized with a flame.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of separates
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  • Kodiak's public technology materials say the company isolates safety-critical functions from external communication ports.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The leg extension isolates the quads, while the back squat engages the entire lower body, back, and core.
    — Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of isolates

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“Segregates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregates. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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