disparate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Under fair lending laws, companies are not allowed to enact policies that would have disparate impacts on certain groups of customers, such as people of a particular race or gender.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Never — and this includes the Dodgers’ time in bankruptcy court — have the fates of the two Los Angeles franchises been so disparate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Two European security officials said it appeared hastily assembled with the help of AI—an apparent attempt to present disparate actions as the work of a single organization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“Seriously Silly” provides the first substantial account of Jones’s disparate and lesser-known pursuits: co-founding a brewery, writing a collection of children’s stories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Different wild plants are native to these disparate environments and would thus have been variously available to incipient farmers in various parts of China.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond