Segregate

To segregate means to keep things or people apart from each other, like when a teacher separates students into different groups for an activity.

Examples

• During science class, we learned how scientists sometimes segregate different species of plants to study their growth in separate environments.
• In art class, our teacher asked us to segregate the colored pencils by shade so we could easily find the colors we wanted to use for our projects.
• When organizing our library, we decided to segregate the books by genre, such as mystery, fantasy, and non-fiction, making it easier to find our favorite stories.

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