disparate

Example Sentences

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A rapturous feeling takes over the room, as if all of the disparate identities and backgrounds came together in spiritual tune — the cluster having finally come together.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Prior to the decision, plaintiffs could prove a claim under Section 2 by showing evidence of a disparate impact on minority voters, regardless of whether the mapmakers intended it.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Perhaps evoking an oft-quoted Didion quote: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We live entirely by the impression of a narrative line upon disparate images, the shifting phantasmagoria, which is our actual experience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The play is about a gig driver’s adventures transporting people across Los Angeles during the first years of ride-hailing and how it connected people from disparate corners of the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

According to the agency, an absolute bar to employment based on prior convictions—without consideration of these factors—violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act if such a bar has a racially disparate impact.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander