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disability

[dis-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Two, actually—one for the old-age retirement benefit and one for the working-age disability program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The hosts try to hold all of it at once as they consider this viral story that sits at the intersection of disability rights and reproductive autonomy.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Protected characteristics include age, disability, race, pregnancy, sex and sexual orientation.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Yurien said her younger brother, who has a disability, spent months asking for their father, unable to understand why he was no longer at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

I thought of people broken by war, like Herbert Richardson; people broken by poverty, like Marsha Colbey; people broken by disability, like Avery Jenkins.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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