discriminate

Example Sentences

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When cities and states “openly discriminate in hiring on the basis of race and sex and other characteristics, that’s illegal and we should take it head on.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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 idea is that, for some patients, the new medicines could improve the effects of the weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, which don’t discriminate between fat and muscle.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

"This is an epidemic that does not discriminate," said Refuge's chair Hettie Barkworth-Nanton.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Stagehand would carry the same colors as his nearly identical full brother, Sceneshifter, but to enable the race caller to discriminate between them, Stagehand’s jockey was to wear a white cap, Sceneshifter’s a red one.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand