Definition of discriminativenext

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Recent Examples of discriminative Noting the use of generative and discriminative AI pairs, Rus also compares a generative process - writing a book - to the traditional human way that this is done. John Werner, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 In 2019, the Chinese government issued a directive banning a wide range of discriminative measures against women in the hiring process, including asking women about their marital and childbearing status. Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN, 5 June 2021 In New York City, Uber ran a campaign on taxi drivers being discriminative toward people of color, leading to City Hall dropping a bill that would have capped the number of Uber drivers in 2015. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2020 Known for their hyper-selective and discriminative taste, hypebeasts search for the freshest trends—especially limited-release lifestyle products. Courtney Coffman, The Atlantic, 19 June 2018
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Adjective
  • When those tariffs expired last month, the president issued another round of global tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is meant to combat unfair or discriminatory economic practices by other nations.
    Reuters, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, schools will no longer be investigated for disproportionately disciplining students of color as long as their policies are not explicitly discriminatory.
    Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • After posting six strikeouts in his début, Skubal rebuffed talk that his new team had unfair advantages.
    Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said exempting crypto from capital controls would create an unfair distortion.
    Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Discriminative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminative. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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