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

"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

But calls to do something about the disparity are growing.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 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