disfavor
Example Sentences
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Once a former U.S. ally, Noriega fell into disfavor after engaging in electoral fraud.
That shaving scene referenced earlier dramatizes why this and other supposedly neutral policies painfully disfavor some people without diving into a medical manual.
From Salon
“I am very concerned that these actions are meant to punish disfavored dissent,” said Brian Levin, founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino.
From Los Angeles Times
Since leaving office, he said, he has learned more about the U.S. government’s tactics against disfavored groups in the 1960s and ’70s.
From Los Angeles Times
He said the case “presented an issue of great importance for our nation’s youth: whether public schools may suppress student speech because it expresses a viewpoint the schools disfavor.”
From Los Angeles Times
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