profiling
noun
pro·fil·ing
ˈprō-ˌfī-liŋ 
: the act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits or tendencies
consumer profiling
specifically
: the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of observed characteristics or behavior
racial profiling
Examples of profiling in a Sentence
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Racial profiling is a major concern that’s come up in recent community forums and on the Spanish-language radio show Schirrmeister hosts.
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Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
The Republican's tenure was marked by multimillion-dollar lawsuits arising out of jail deaths, political prosecutions, racial profiling that led to criminal contempt-of-court charges and other scandals.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
Critics have said the Texas law could lead to civil rights violations and racial profiling.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
The act bans the use of emotion-recognition software in workplaces and schools, bans racist and discriminatory profiling systems and provides a strict ethical framework for building AI tools to which companies must adhere.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
But advocates say this uncertainty hasn’t eased worries about potential racial profiling and erosion of trust between law enforcement and communities.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
In his series of headshots, Charles Gaines experimented with making faces into grids, their traits and features blurred in a way that seems to warn us against the profiling that is already AI-ing us into databases.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Even when budgets have room for cyber insurance, some SMBs struggle with accurate risk assessment and profiling—in order to insure a business, the insurer must have a comprehensive picture of the risks and liabilities an organization faces.
—Dor Eisner, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers urged congressional leadership to halt the potential reinstatement of the China Initiative, a controversial Trump-era program that once led to accusations of racial profiling toward Asian scientists in the U.S.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024
Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
The Republican's tenure was marked by multimillion-dollar lawsuits arising out of jail deaths, political prosecutions, racial profiling that led to criminal contempt-of-court charges and other scandals.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
Critics have said the Texas law could lead to civil rights violations and racial profiling.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
The act bans the use of emotion-recognition software in workplaces and schools, bans racist and discriminatory profiling systems and provides a strict ethical framework for building AI tools to which companies must adhere.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
But advocates say this uncertainty hasn’t eased worries about potential racial profiling and erosion of trust between law enforcement and communities.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
In his series of headshots, Charles Gaines experimented with making faces into grids, their traits and features blurred in a way that seems to warn us against the profiling that is already AI-ing us into databases.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Even when budgets have room for cyber insurance, some SMBs struggle with accurate risk assessment and profiling—in order to insure a business, the insurer must have a comprehensive picture of the risks and liabilities an organization faces.
—Dor Eisner, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers urged congressional leadership to halt the potential reinstatement of the China Initiative, a controversial Trump-era program that once led to accusations of racial profiling toward Asian scientists in the U.S.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Profiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profiling. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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