as in differentiated
to understand or point out the difference in
the human eye can discriminate between very slight gradations of color
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Recent Examples of discriminated
This lawsuit echoes an earlier case against Ostrom Farms, which discriminated against women workers, firing them all and replacing them with male H-2A guest workers in 2021.
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Rosa Maria Navarro, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Bresee said the fact that Kluwe was never fired before due to his activism would show that he was discriminated against this year for exercising his free speech rights.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
In its report, the Department of Education concluded that Oakland Unified discriminated against Jewish students when Israel was excluded from the map and failed to comply with complaint procedures — taking over a year to issue its investigative report when state law requires a maximum of 60 days.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a biological male transgender athlete by not allowing that athlete into a women's competition in 2018.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that USA Powerlifting discriminated against transgender athlete JayCee Cooper by barring her from competing in the women’s division.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2013, a federal judge ruled that under Arpaio the sheriff’s office had discriminated against Latinos during immigration enforcement operations, violating their Fourth and 14th amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and to equal protection under the law, respectively.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2025
Creech said he had been discriminated against because of his age.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Twenty percent of European Jews in FRA’s survey said they felt discriminated against for being Jewish, mostly in educational and work settings.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Rosa Maria Navarro, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Bresee said the fact that Kluwe was never fired before due to his activism would show that he was discriminated against this year for exercising his free speech rights.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
In its report, the Department of Education concluded that Oakland Unified discriminated against Jewish students when Israel was excluded from the map and failed to comply with complaint procedures — taking over a year to issue its investigative report when state law requires a maximum of 60 days.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a biological male transgender athlete by not allowing that athlete into a women's competition in 2018.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that USA Powerlifting discriminated against transgender athlete JayCee Cooper by barring her from competing in the women’s division.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2013, a federal judge ruled that under Arpaio the sheriff’s office had discriminated against Latinos during immigration enforcement operations, violating their Fourth and 14th amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and to equal protection under the law, respectively.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2025
Creech said he had been discriminated against because of his age.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Twenty percent of European Jews in FRA’s survey said they felt discriminated against for being Jewish, mostly in educational and work settings.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminated
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Human hematopoietic stem cells successfully engrafted, proliferated, and differentiated, closely mimicking how bone marrow functions in the human body.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Jan. 2026
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Hind’s audio was differentiated in green font.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Reset offers three tiers of rooms, distinguished by their outdoor layouts (all patios feature a firepit, but only some have the outdoor tub), bed size (queen or king), and view (mountain view versus interior-facing).—
Kristine Thomason,
Outside,
11 Jan. 2026
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Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.—
Alina Edwards,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Discriminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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