desegregation

as in integration

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Recent Examples of desegregation The bottom line is that in every facet of American life, federal intervention has historically been necessary to correct injustices, from desegregation in the South to mandating accommodations for students with disabilities. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 When Nick Mason was covering busing and desegregation in schools in Buffalo, New York, in the 1970s one thing stood out to him: education was the key to solving inequality. Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 The Containment, by Michelle Adams Legal scholar Michelle Adams traces school desegregation efforts in her native Detroit and their reverberations throughout the North. Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025 The High Court’s 5-4 decision overturned a ruling by a federal judge who had ordered the desegregation of Detroit’s public schools several years earlier. John Blake, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for desegregation
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integration
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  • Critically, the local infrastructure itself—the availability of skills, the readiness of suppliers—must be robust enough to support these integration ambitions.
    Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • The integration of Rieter’s spinning system includes 20 G 38 ring spinning machines running at spindle speeds between 12,000 and 18,000 rpm and the Autoconer X6 winding machine.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025

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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregation. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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