as in injustices
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
the unavoidable inequities of any system for distributing benefits
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Recent Examples of inequities
At the same time, while business is booming, climate change is accelerating, health inequities are widening, and literacy rates and math skills are stagnating or dropping around the world.
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Charlotte Hu, Time, 12 May 2026
Hawthorne said the organization’s work remains necessary because many of the structural inequities that existed during the BEU’s founding still exist today.
—J.m. Banks
may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Journalism as a whole could better fulfill its social responsibility role by covering social injustice/inequities as an issue of public importance.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
While affordability among both Black and Latino buyers last year rose 10% from 2024, CAR underscored that the widening gap with other ethnicities was due to wage inequities and persistent barriers to credit access.
—Amancai Biraben, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Rather than confronting structural inequities in education, employment, and housing, policymakers turned to fertility as a point of intervention, shifting blame for poverty away from social conditions and onto people’s reproductive behaviors.
—Sonya Borrero, STAT, 1 May 2026
Framing this as a divide between suburban taxpayers and urban students risks deepening inequities rather than solving them.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
This shows that fourth grade students’ reading gains have not been accompanied by comparable reductions in social, racial and ethnic inequities.
—Brittany Adams, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
This investment will not entirely solve that problem or redress the many inequities at work, but it will be used to create more incentives and to support international activation around domestic games, which will help promote the Bundesliga as a brand.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Charlotte Hu, Time, 12 May 2026
Hawthorne said the organization’s work remains necessary because many of the structural inequities that existed during the BEU’s founding still exist today.
—J.m. Banks
may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Journalism as a whole could better fulfill its social responsibility role by covering social injustice/inequities as an issue of public importance.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
While affordability among both Black and Latino buyers last year rose 10% from 2024, CAR underscored that the widening gap with other ethnicities was due to wage inequities and persistent barriers to credit access.
—Amancai Biraben, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Rather than confronting structural inequities in education, employment, and housing, policymakers turned to fertility as a point of intervention, shifting blame for poverty away from social conditions and onto people’s reproductive behaviors.
—Sonya Borrero, STAT, 1 May 2026
Framing this as a divide between suburban taxpayers and urban students risks deepening inequities rather than solving them.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
This shows that fourth grade students’ reading gains have not been accompanied by comparable reductions in social, racial and ethnic inequities.
—Brittany Adams, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
This investment will not entirely solve that problem or redress the many inequities at work, but it will be used to create more incentives and to support international activation around domestic games, which will help promote the Bundesliga as a brand.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequities
Noun
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which for decades sought to remedy vast racial injustices in America, has now made tackling discrimination against white people, especially men, a priority.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
15 May 2026
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And there are a series of factors that allow these injustices to continue.—
Victoria Law,
Washington Post,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Her fable depicts twin sisters on a revenge road trip, setting out to right the wrongs of their early childhood at the behest of their estranged mother, finding some catharsis along the way.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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As a result of the courage and determination of Tribune journalists, our public and government were given the opportunity to address wrongs.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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“Inequities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequities. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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