disparate

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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

What’s more, she argues, Alibaba is trading at a conglomerate discount and could be worth more if investors truly appreciated the value in its disparate businesses.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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

Extrapolation of the statistics of double stars which are greatly disparate in mass suggests that almost all single stars like the Sun should have planetary companions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan