How to Use discriminate in a Sentence

discriminate

verb
  • The school is not allowed to discriminate.
  • This means that a law does not require proof of an intent to discriminate to be struck down.
    Michael Ritter, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
  • But there’s also the fact that the virus doesn’t discriminate by passport.
    Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
  • This disease does not discriminate based on the color of your skin; that much is clear.
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Among all the small games, the program does not discriminate against any genres.
    Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, the premise that student groups don’t discriminate isn’t true in practice.
    Caleb Dalton, National Review, 11 Mar. 2022
  • These are the names that job recruiters discriminate against.
    Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The twelve notes are there for everyone, and those notes don’t discriminate.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
  • In fact, discriminating like that is banned in some 20 states.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
  • For the wine drinker who does not discriminate, the Glasvin Universal Wine Glass is the best universal wine glass.
    Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023
  • The College Board disagreed that the tests discriminate.
    Nirvi Shah, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
  • This goes for all skin tones, as skin cancer does not discriminate.
    Paige Stables, Allure, 25 May 2021
  • Young nurses cared for young soldiers—and the perils of the war did not discriminate between them.
    Francine Uenuma, Time, 27 May 2021
  • Floodwaters and winds did not discriminate as Ida hit White, Black, rich, poor, old and young.
    Mitch Landrieu, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • In the end, the zombie outbreak does not discriminate based on class, infecting rich and poor alike.
    NBC News, 5 Oct. 2020
  • City have argued that the APT Rules discriminate against clubs like themselves.
    Matt Slater, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • During the hearing, Borg-Neal, who is White, failed to convince the judges that he was discriminated against on account of his race.
    Jonathan Browning, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • However, there is one thing that is precious to all and does not discriminate: time.
    Isabella Sullivan, Robb Report, 27 July 2023
  • At the end of the day, fans are discriminating about having a connection to human artists.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The virus does not discriminate by religious or racial lines, right?
    Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Black hair has been policed, mocked and used as a mechanism to discriminate.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Skin cancer is not just a threat to light-skinned people Skin cancer does not discriminate.
    Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
  • The firm warned that the commission could face a lawsuit that claimed the map discriminated against non-Latino voters.
    Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The show reflects the range of portraiture and the ways the art form has been used to discriminate and enforce hierarchies across gender, race and class.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • What is Facebook doing to ensure that ads are not used to discriminate?
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 29 July 2020
  • This data can be used by third parties to profile you, target you with ads or discriminate against you.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Now, at 37, Haddock knows that HIV does not discriminate.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
  • But the numbers show that this crisis doesn’t discriminate.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2025
  • Section 2 prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race.
    Mandy Taheri jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
  • Behavioral tests confirmed that the mice that had experienced this axon loss were less adept at detecting and discriminating between smells.
    New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2025

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