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disparate

[dis-per-it, dih-spar-] / ˈdɪs pər ɪt, dɪˈspær- /


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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

They’ll buy up stock in the initial, single company, anticipating the spinoff will unlock value in what will become disparate and separately traded entities.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

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

All of those environmental differences influenced the two hemi-continents’ very disparate cultural histories, which we shall now consider.

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




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