disparate

Example Sentences

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Gen. Rob Bonta opened a civil rights investigation last month into the county’s response to the Eaton fire in Altadena, looking at disparate effects based on race, age and disability.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

It used to be that the truth existed somewhere in the middle, between the disparate narratives.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Jarvis said volunteers often would not meet again until a real life callout "so it is bringing all of these people from very disparate backgrounds together to achieve something really quite amazing".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The staples sector consists of several disparate subgroups, and they need to be analyzed separately.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Masters and mistresses in degrees of wickedness, estates of disparate means and ambition.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead