How to Use parity in a Sentence

parity

noun
  • That depth and parity are stronger than two of the biggest brands in the sport.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • But the goal of full 50/50 male/female parity is still a long way off.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Lions figure to be in a lot of close games next season, and the NFL is made for parity.
    Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
  • This is all part of the league’s effort to ensure more parity.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2023
  • This has gone beyond parity, even with the NIL and the transfer portal.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Kerr is still a competitor at heart, and sees the fun in certain aspects of the West’s parity.
    C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But there is still a long way to go before women’s soccer can reach full parity with the men’s game.
    Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 17 July 2023
  • What's more, less than 0.1% of the Black population lives in a county or city even close to racial parity.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Soon, the antagonists seized on force parity as a way to reduce the risk of conflict.
    William J. Broad, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • The rise of women as sports fans in South Korea has not led to gender parity on courts or fields, or in coaching rooms.
    John Yoon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps the best news this year is that once again there's feature parity between the Pro models.
    Medea Giordano, WIRED, 19 July 2023
  • The parity and close games in the Mountain West this season are going to stress out head coaches more than usual.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But the duo isn't the only potential winner of a league that is big on parity after the two front-runners.
    USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Until the two countries reach something more like parity, though, $14 mil sounds much nicer than $4 mil.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Antonelli attributes the turning point in parity to the rise of teams in the middle of the Power 5 and Big East conferences.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • So where did the sudden parity in women’s soccer come from?
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But Larson, a fellow Chevrolet driver, isn’t as much of a fan of parity.
    Hank Kurz Jr., Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Now, the two parties are nearly at parity among young men — just a three-point Democratic edge.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • To him, that level of parity makes staying true to their process even more important.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In a zero-sum game, parity is the enemy of playoff berths and top-25 rankings.
    Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • There’s so much parity over here in the Western Conference.
    oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
  • There's more parity in the college game than ever before, largely thanks to the transfer portal and NIL.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 24 Mar. 2023
  • One year ago today, the British pound appeared headed for the once-unthinkable: parity with the U.S. dollar.
    Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
  • True gender parity remains an unfulfilled goal in Hollywood as in the rest of the world.
    Stuart Miller, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Her studies have focused on potty parity – the idea that men and women should have equal speed of access to restrooms.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The worst possible team, the worst organization in the league — because of their desire for parity — gets the first pick.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Football Ferns, the national women’s team, scored parity in 2018.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • But given the parity in this bracket, don’t be surprised if there are several upsets along the way.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Meeks believes the price of hydrogen should fall toward parity with diesel over the next three years as the fuel becomes more common.
    Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • While the push for gender parity is slow, inspired leaders can produce remarkable results.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024

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