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
Hartford Public Schools needs the funding support to meet these legal obligations and stop discriminatory practices.
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Rosmaly Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
The agreement aims to prevent excessive use of force and racially discriminatory policing and to protect the public's First Amendment rights.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
The nipple heel is an I-gotcha-shoe, something to flick your nose at the discriminatory height rules of the Cannes Film Festival.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
The deal is intended to address decades of discriminatory policing.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
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Rosmaly Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
The agreement aims to prevent excessive use of force and racially discriminatory policing and to protect the public's First Amendment rights.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
The nipple heel is an I-gotcha-shoe, something to flick your nose at the discriminatory height rules of the Cannes Film Festival.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
The deal is intended to address decades of discriminatory policing.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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For any governor to face a recall based on the omnipresent challenges of managing such a large-scale disaster seems unfair.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Block has agreed to pay up to $120 million to consumers harmed by fraudulent transactions and unfair business practices detailed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a consent order filed on Thursday.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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In March 2023, Seven Talents sued Neugebauer alleging fraud on the $11 MM of startup capital plus breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, exemplary damages and self-dealing to run the business into the ground and steal the assets.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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The allure of her newfound status and authority becomes a troublesome prism through which to view an unjust world.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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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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There's clearly larger work to be done in the diversity & inclusion space to help reduce discriminative hiring practices.—
Lindsay Kohler,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2023
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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