as in difference
the quality or state of being different
an enormous disparity in the lives of the rich and the poor in that country
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Recent Examples of disparity
And deep racial disparities exist.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
This is Part 2 of The Vaccine Divide, a data investigation into how an escalating movement against immunization is challenging public education, widening health disparities and threatening the health of America’s children.
—Marina Kopf, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The disparity was evident in the Eagles’ 40-22 win.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
David Burton, one of the plaintiffs, told NPR that the case was compared to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark lawsuit that brought up similar issues of disparities in educational opportunities for Black students, but the Maryland case raised the issues for students in higher education.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 13 Sep. 2025
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
This is Part 2 of The Vaccine Divide, a data investigation into how an escalating movement against immunization is challenging public education, widening health disparities and threatening the health of America’s children.
—Marina Kopf, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The disparity was evident in the Eagles’ 40-22 win.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
David Burton, one of the plaintiffs, told NPR that the case was compared to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark lawsuit that brought up similar issues of disparities in educational opportunities for Black students, but the Maryland case raised the issues for students in higher education.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disparity
Noun
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The only difference is that reflective tint in most states is not allowed anywhere on the windshield and can't be more than 35% on the front and rear windows.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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However, there's a significant difference between containing and controlling a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Entirely rescinding the Roadless Rule would deny that principle, and in so doing wound America’s distinctiveness, and its greatness.—
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bailey argued that the district’s dispute with local police departments over its requirement that officers participate in diversity training — an impasse that resulted in some departments leaving schools without resource officers — had left students vulnerable.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
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When reconciled with the Catholic premise of celestial unity, the diversity of the New World’s peoples could support the ideal of equality.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In contrast, our planet Mercury, which is scorchingly hot itself, orbits the sun in just under 88 days.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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By contrast, the energy sector lacks a global regulator.—
Michaila Byrne,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The 6-foot-1, 300-pound lineman has earned several academic distinctions, including placement on the UNLV Dean’s Honor List and the Academic All-Mountain West Team.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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And this distinction between the living and dead elements of production applies as much to the work of plantation slaves as to that of wage earners.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Disparity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disparity. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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