as in difference
the quality or state of being different
an enormous disparity in the lives of the rich and the poor in that country
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Recent Examples of disparity
The gender disparity is striking.
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Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Still, the disparities aren’t limited to culturally conservative states.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
After congratulating the Jaguars in his opening remarks, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid immediately pointed to the disparity.
—Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
That disparity dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, says Johns, when tribes were often left out as energy infrastructure was built across the West.
—Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Still, the disparities aren’t limited to culturally conservative states.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
After congratulating the Jaguars in his opening remarks, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid immediately pointed to the disparity.
—Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
That disparity dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, says Johns, when tribes were often left out as energy infrastructure was built across the West.
—Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disparity
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As Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak reminds us, any meaningful engagement must contend with internal difference, historical specificity, and political complexity.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky hoped to put their differences aside to vanquish the Kabuki Warriors in Asuka and Kairi Sane.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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There’s no spark of distinctiveness in any of these characters.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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By contrast, roughly the same share of homeless students passed the tests compared with students who were not homeless.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Northern Ireland case study That stands in contrast to peace agreements that have succeeded elsewhere using more inclusive diplomatic frameworks, like in Northern Ireland.—
Dana El Kurd,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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But an important distinction that also remains murky is input versus output.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
6 Oct. 2025
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The key distinction is that those founders built wealth by focusing on increasing the value of their existing equity stakes, while taking minimal or no compensation, rather than seeking massive equity grants on top of their founder stakes, said Hoffmann.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Disparity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disparity. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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