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discriminate

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




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“They didn’t have the bandwidth to discriminate among them,” Kraemer said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Constitution ‘almost never permits a State to discriminate on the basis of race,’ the justices hold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The statute does not discriminate between state and federal officers, an issue that has tripped up other states trying to rein in immigration agents.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Machine-learning tools to detect social bots, like our own Botometer, were unable to discriminate between these AI agents and human accounts in the wild.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

The Housing Rights Act of 1968, making it illegal to discriminate in the housing industry based on race, had lingered in Congress for years, vehemently opposed by legislators both in the North and the South.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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