How to Use profiling in a Sentence

profiling

noun
  • The law led to racial profiling and a decline in the number of workers in the state.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Racial profiling is one of the many claims alleged against Phoenix PD in the suit.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Many in the media took it as a case of racial profiling—that Winslow was the victim.
    Robert Klemko, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • French courts have found the state guilty racial profiling in identity checks in the past.
    Elaine Ganley, ajc, 22 July 2021
  • But the sheriffs pushed back when asked if the new laws would result in racial profiling.
    Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The April 12 arrests sparked a firestorm over racial profiling.
    Dianna M. Náñez, azcentral, 19 May 2018
  • Mary Jo knows that the promise of free food will lure anyone to a dry sales pitch on profiling.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • In mid-2002, a Black man accused Rudloff of racial profiling, records show.
    Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The law is still in effect, but the Supreme Court added language that aims to prevent racial profiling.
    The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Many felt the traffic stop was the result of racial profiling and shouldn't have happened.
    Amy Forliti, ajc, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Initially, there was a lot of distrust in the profiling process.
    Maddy Cunningham, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Target is just the latest brand to come under fire for racial profiling.
    Essence.com, 7 June 2018
  • And any bill should have a ban on racial and religious profiling called for by George Bush in his first address to Congress.
    CBS News, 14 June 2020
  • Residents are frustrated by racial profiling and a lack of fresh and healthy food in these stores.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 10 May 2018
  • Davis and her lawyers are calling the incident racial profiling, NBC News said.
    Crystal Hill, miamiherald, 5 June 2018
  • This could further illuminate the pattern of racial profiling that has been proven to plague the NYPD.
    Colleen Hamilton, Them, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Among the crowd was Cora Dolley, 70, of Detroit, who said racial profiling by police has long been a problem in the city.
    Kyle Davidson, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2021
  • But before then, they could be seen styling and profiling together at fashion shows in the U.S. and in Europe.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 June 2023
  • Well, the issue here is that there’s a racial profiling component.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Fahey also recognized that at the time of the crimes, DNA testing and profiling were not at the forefront of solving crimes.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Cavanaugh had a powerful reaction to the racial profiling charge and wanted to know more about the charge.
    Julia Fair, Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2020
  • It was replaced with a new program that makes no mention of profiling, according to the CRS staff.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 9 July 2020
  • This is a classic case of racial profiling in my half a million $$ neighborhood pool.
    CBS News, 6 July 2018
  • Not to some in the Council, who call it racial profiling because the vast majority of those in the database are Black and Latino teenagers and young men.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • That has raised concerns about the potential for racial profiling.
    New York Times, 28 May 2022
  • This is the case in Louisiana, where efforts to rein in racial profiling have been halting at best.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Underreported records were those found in the CIB but not in the profiling system.
    Jaden Edison, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2024
  • His stop-and-frisk policy, for example, was a plain case of racial profiling.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • In the past, the 287(g) program has come under fire for enabling racial profiling and harassment of Latinos.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
  • He was found in criminal contempt of court in the summer of 2017 related to his use of racial profiling in immigration enforcement.
    David Catanese, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

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