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inequity

[in-ek-wi-tee] / ɪnˈɛk wɪ ti /
NOUN
state of being unequal
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We can analyze the nature of financial and emotional inequity all day, but it’s time to honor both parties and take action.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

The minister has highlighted the inequity that Nepal should suffer the extreme impacts of climate change when it has one of the world's lowest per-capita carbon emissions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Amid the social inequity and climate apartheid, Fox tries offering hope, preaching about empathy with lines like “sharing is stronger than hoarding.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

That addressed a genuine inequity in coverage, but made it so clinicians are paid more when they diagnose more cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Shouldn’t we focus the public’s attention on the so-called root causes of mass incarceration, such as educational inequity?

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The market for earlier detection does not just reflect the inequities in American healthcare.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

In other words, AI is unable to treat evidence — or people — equally with context and knowledge of how that evidence relates to the inequities built into museums and image archives themselves.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

In the words of one 1930s journalist quoted by Mr. Dillon, the glaring inequities of Shanghai in the 19th and early 20th centuries made it “a complete political ulcer on the face of China.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Cindy Donis, a water organizer with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, said artwork can also raise awareness around inequities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Most statistics of this type are shockingly misleading, although, once again, I don’t mean to deny that there are a lot of economic inequities in this country.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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