- present participle of discriminate.
discriminating
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The court’s six conservatives, all of whom were raised Catholic, leaned in favor of ruling the state was discriminating based on religion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
“You’ve seen market participants that are discriminating between the kinds of investments they want to make,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
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
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of religion, race, sex and national origin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The man seemed to go out of his way to use long words like discriminating and unadulterated.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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