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
Yolo County officials have identified and modified more than 1,100 historic property records containing discriminatory covenants, some dating back more than a century.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
According to court filings, the hospital at the time had a policy of telling patients who made discriminatory requests they could not be honored.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Christopher Anderson, the Department of Justice lawyer representing the EPA, argued that while the agency does discount future effects in weighing regulations, that practice is not discriminatory and any link to resulting climate harms is speculative.
—Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Williams is relatively clueless beyond opposition to unjustified, racially discriminatory use of lethal force on display in the deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and a disturbing chronicle of other homicides.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
According to court filings, the hospital at the time had a policy of telling patients who made discriminatory requests they could not be honored.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Christopher Anderson, the Department of Justice lawyer representing the EPA, argued that while the agency does discount future effects in weighing regulations, that practice is not discriminatory and any link to resulting climate harms is speculative.
—Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Williams is relatively clueless beyond opposition to unjustified, racially discriminatory use of lethal force on display in the deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and a disturbing chronicle of other homicides.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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The probes, which will be conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, aim to identify unfair trade practices, particularly structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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The company was also accused of fabricating unfair charges when renters moved out, resulting in consumers paying improper fees for normal wear-and-tear, damage that happened before move-in and renovations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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To prevent this consequence, local and state level policy makers must empower tenants to fight against unjust evictions and battle unjust rent raises through legislatures.—
Chloe Wong,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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Immigrant-rights advocates argued the repeal of the special protection would be cruel and unjust to migrants who have established lives and careers in this country.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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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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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
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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