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noun

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Recent Examples of disparate
Adjective
But all of my stuff comes from disparate things. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025 Anderson is a rare and rangy breed of cinematic maximalist—a satirical quasi-historian and pop-cultural magpie with a gift for weaving disparate influences into a marvellously unruly synthesis. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
The report also discovered regional disparities, with people in the South or states with greater rural populations still facing inadequate access to care. Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025 Wide disparities in cost and service In Louisville's Urban Services District, waste collection is handled by Public Works, and includes trash, recycling, yard waste and bulky item pickup. Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disparate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disparate
Adjective
  • Armenia was another new sourcing showcase, with an offer of 11 manufacturers of diverse profiles, from sportswear to outerwear.
    Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Taiwan president Lai Ching-te promised to honor the referendum result while focusing on diverse energy sources.
    Yu-Tzu Chiu, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But at least some of his teammates notice a difference in Guerrero when the opponent is New York.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The sherry needs to be manzanilla or fino, which is a difference in kind to the more oxidative types of sherry, like Amontillado, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, or the very sweet Pedro Ximénez.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Businesses also use VPNs to keep their proprietary information and data on a single server, especially if workers are spread out among different offices, according to developer platform Cloudflare.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the offensive line that has done well in the first four weeks of the season is set to look far different in Week 5, which Cowboys fans learned in the team's injury report released on Friday.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no spark of distinctiveness in any of these characters.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • However, because capital appropriates the powers of living labor to itself, the distinctiveness of the latter is deeply obscured.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The ground floor is home to the offices of creative director Gherardo Felloni and longtime brand ambassador Inès de la Fressange; the Salon de l’Héritage, an exhibition space and the Salon Vivier reception room, which reflects the distinctive interior design taste of the house’s founder.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • From the modernist, Black figuration of Kwami’s ceramics to Abban’s documentary portrayals of Ghanaian protest movements and architecture, these artists responded to the distinctive, pedestrian layers of postcolonial life.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One site, as reported by Phys, had a distinct path, whereas another lacked these types of markers.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Among the most popular are Scorpios, Macakizi, and Xuma Village, each offering its own distinct energy, style, and soundtrack.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gender diversity is not pathological, agrees the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, another organization that’s critical of the practice.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There’s Andrea Labbée, a motivational speaker with a theater background; Gaile Holland, for decades a local ballet teacher whose former students include Winter; and Lisa Nalven, a veteran of notable modern dance companies, now a photographer impassioned by human diversity.
    Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As for her glam, Strogoff wore her bright blonde hair in loose mermaid waves and darkened her eyebrows to a near black for a bold contrast.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Neutral heels, by contrast, are having their own moment.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Disparate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disparate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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