desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˌ)dē-ˈse-gri-ˌgāt 
desegregated; desegregating; desegregates
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free of any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
Examples of desegregate in a Sentence
efforts to desegregate the town's buses
Eventually the city's schools desegregated.
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Recall Eisenhower's deployment of troops to desegregate Southern schools, and Kennedy's creation of the Peace Corps.
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Robert Costa, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
First federal courthouse renamed after Latino family that desegregated schools in California
Denise Florez at Caló News writes about President Biden signing a bill to rename the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles as the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Courthouse.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Montgomery’s buses were desegregated soon after, earning him a huge victory.
—John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y.
—Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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Robert Costa, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
First federal courthouse renamed after Latino family that desegregated schools in California
Denise Florez at Caló News writes about President Biden signing a bill to rename the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles as the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Courthouse.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Montgomery’s buses were desegregated soon after, earning him a huge victory.
—John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y.
—Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregate. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˈ)dē-ˈseg-ri-ˌgāt
: to eliminate segregation in
especially
: to end by law the isolation of members of a particular race in separate units
desegregate city schools
desegregation
noun
(ˌ)dē-ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-shən
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desegregate
transitive verb
de·seg·re·gate
dē-ˈse-grə-ˌgāt
desegregated; desegregating
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free from any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
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