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disparity

[dih-spar-i-tee] / dɪˈspær ɪ ti /


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But the owners, Walter included, are increasingly united in the belief that revenue disparity is the primary explanation why a small-market team has not won the World Series in 11 years.

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

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 risk is that overtaking will be both more difficult, between cars with similar energy levels, and also ridiculously easy, between those with a large energy disparity.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

The sole Native Americans able to resist European conquest for many centuries were those tribes that reduced the military disparity by acquiring and mastering both horses and guns.

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