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Recent Examples of discriminative Noting the use of generative and discriminative AI pairs, Rus also compares a generative process - writing a book - to the traditional human way that this is done. John Werner, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 In 2019, the Chinese government issued a directive banning a wide range of discriminative measures against women in the hiring process, including asking women about their marital and childbearing status. Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN, 5 June 2021 In New York City, Uber ran a campaign on taxi drivers being discriminative toward people of color, leading to City Hall dropping a bill that would have capped the number of Uber drivers in 2015. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2020 Known for their hyper-selective and discriminative taste, hypebeasts search for the freshest trends—especially limited-release lifestyle products. Courtney Coffman, The Atlantic, 19 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminative
Adjective
  • The agreement also includes an injunction preventing the union from enforcing the collective bargaining agreement between the union and the district on the basis of race and from retaliating against anyone who opposed any discriminatory practices or participated in any related investigation.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That was when rioters trashed and toppled Confederate statues and other symbols deemed racist and discriminatory.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Asking them to police a city is unfair — to them, and to the people they’re supposed to serve.
    Eric Chastain, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a dip after that — but this, of course, is a bit unfair as the players of this generation are continuing to pick up caps.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Discriminative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminative. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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