as in unfair
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people
a company that was fined for its discriminatory practices in the hiring of women
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Recent Examples of discriminatory
The comments included discriminatory remarks from Council Member Jon McClure, said group president MacGregor VanBeurden.
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Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2025
Carr in March urged the agency’s enforcement arm to open an investigation into Disney and ABC over whether the companies maintains discriminatory policies through racial quotas, among other things.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
In question was whether Bob Jones' discriminatory policy was protected by its right to religious freedom, because the school claimed the Bible prohibited race-mixing.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
While laws prohibit discriminatory termination, at-will employment provides a convenient mask.
—Sherry Martin, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2025
Carr in March urged the agency’s enforcement arm to open an investigation into Disney and ABC over whether the companies maintains discriminatory policies through racial quotas, among other things.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
In question was whether Bob Jones' discriminatory policy was protected by its right to religious freedom, because the school claimed the Bible prohibited race-mixing.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
While laws prohibit discriminatory termination, at-will employment provides a convenient mask.
—Sherry Martin, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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However, a new study claims this popular AI ranking platform is rife with unfair practices, favoring large companies that just so happen to rank near the top of the index.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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The union filed some 90 unfair labor practice complaints against Starbucks with the National Labor Relations Board and launched a five-day strike leading up to Christmas Day in major cities, including several stores in Los Angeles.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Andy Garcia reflects on his Godfather dream coming true and 'unjust' Sofia Coppola criticism He's worked consistently as an actor in the years since, playing a slew of politicians and authority figures in films like Ghostbusters (2016), Geostorm (2017), Wrath of Man (2021), and Expend4bles (2023).—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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In the finale’s last moments, the show’s signature voiceover alludes heavily to the fact that Joe still views himself as the victim of an unjust society, rather than a menacing serial killer.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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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
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There's clearly larger work to be done in the diversity & inclusion space to help reduce discriminative hiring practices.—
Lindsay Kohler,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2023
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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