discriminatory

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“UC Davis School of Medicine strongly disagrees with any characterization of its admissions practices as discriminatory or inconsistent with applicable law,” a school statement read.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

However, the broadcast regulator’s decision has garnered harsh criticism from the powerful Motion Picture Association, which said Canada was imposing “unprecedented, unnecessary, and discriminatory investment obligations” on U.S. entertainment companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The code states that leaving a trans person without access to any services or facilities would be unlikely to be proportionate and could be discriminatory.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Carr said the review stemmed from a probe into whether the network’s diversity programs were discriminatory and that they had had nothing to do with the latest Kimmel kerfuffle.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The fight for jobs was an old one, and little had changed in Durham since Louis Austin protested discriminatory hiring practices in 1953.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson