disparity

Example Sentences

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You might expect the owner of the Colorado Rockies to say that revenue disparity among teams is so great that competitive balance has been destroyed, and he did.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Most team owners don’t think so, arguing that the disparity in revenues between big-market franchises and their smaller counterparts has become unsustainable, resulting in a fractured competitive landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's still a big disparity, which is frustrating, but it is getting better. Just not the rate that I think that it should be."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Booker and Van Hollen’s bills could heighten that disparity, said Garrett Watson, director of policy analysis at the think tank.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander