disfavored
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Among our hunter-gatherer ancestors, natural selection probably favored those most attuned to animals and disfavored those who were unaware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It is hard to imagine PEN would explain away the exclusion of another disfavored minority’s books as a question of “business or taste.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
So, the justice explained, “a government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech on her behalf.”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025
Since leaving office, he said, he has learned more about the U.S. government’s tactics against disfavored groups in the 1960s and ’70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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