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discriminate

[dih-skrim-uh-nayt, dih-skrim-uh-nit] / dɪˈskrɪm əˌneɪt, dɪˈskrɪm ə nɪt /




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The law that created the center, he said, makes no distinction between the powers of different trustees, and it doesn’t permit the board to discriminate between them on powers, including the right to vote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

She said she hoped by Becki sharing her story she would help more people understand that a stroke does not discriminate.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

As a condition of being tax-exempt, nonprofit private schools must attest that they won’t discriminate based on race, color, or national or ethnic origin.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mulan Build "sends a message: if these platforms choose to discriminate against us, we do not need to rely on them", she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The VLA is able to resolve or discriminate fine detail in the radio regions of the spectrum comparable to what the largest ground-based telescopes can do in the optical region of the spectrum.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Snyder struck it down on Feb. 9, writing that she was “constrained” to do so because the exemption of state police “unlawfully discriminates against federal officers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of the court’s three liberal justices, said the Idaho law discriminates against people based on their sex or gender identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Roberts attempted to sidestep this problem by claiming that Tennessee’s law only discriminates on the basis of age and “medical use.”

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025

Papers issued as part of the case claim her decision discriminates against Kneecap on grounds of religious belief or political opinion, as well as racial grounds of nationality and ethnic origin.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024

One of the tests by which Fichte discriminates the value of previous systems is the adequateness with which they interpret moral experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

He added that the defender had acted "unreasonably" in leaving it until 5 August to accept it had discriminated against Simon.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

OpenAI is settling claims by the Justice Department that it discriminated against U.S. workers when advertising jobs through its immigration sponsorship program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I want my daughter to have as normal a life as possible. I don't want her to be discriminated against because of her size," she says, adding that she is confident the drug will boost Camila's height.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“My dad had gone bust again, and I chose to work three jobs and go to Yale instead. I always felt like if I outperformed, I wouldn’t be discriminated against.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

A rising union man named Samuel Gompers stopped by Burnham’s office to discuss allegations that the exposition discriminated against union workers.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

It is language that courts have long interpreted as preventing the government from discriminating against the media based on the content of their coverage.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

District Judge Fernando M. Olguin granted the city’s motion to dismiss the complaint, which alleged that the city ordinance violates the intergovernmental immunity doctrine by regulating and discriminating against the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

These headwinds could cut the chip rally short—making it all the more important for investors to be discriminating in their stock-picking.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

The chief justice declared that the way to end racial discrimination was to stop discriminating based on race.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

The school wasn’t as discriminating as the better-known medical colleges in Boston; the press of acceptances necessitated an expansion.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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