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noun

integration

CEFR C2

the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

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Six example sentences with integration, each labelled with its topic.

  • The integration of the city's schools in 1957 required federal troops and eight years of court orders.

    History

  • The mayor campaigned on integration, promising that the new arrivals would share the same clinics, buses, and classrooms as everyone else.

    Politics

  • Planners argued that integration begins with a shared main street, not with two identical neighborhoods separated by a highway.

    Architecture

  • The court's ruling on school integration took years to enforce in districts that read every order as narrowly as possible.

    Law

  • The integration of the league began with a handful of players in 1950, and within a decade the all-star rosters looked different.

    Basketball

  • Benny Goodman's mixed quartet made integration visible on stage in 1936, years before the concert halls followed.

    Music

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