discriminate

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Unlike congressional tariffs under World Trade Organization rules, International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs discriminate from country to country – even on the same products.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

The hotel’s management company, Everpeak Hospitality, apologized, and said that it didn’t discriminate against agencies or individuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

The idea is that, for some patients, the new medicines could improve the effects of the weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, which don’t discriminate between fat and muscle.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

"This is an epidemic that does not discriminate," said Refuge's chair Hettie Barkworth-Nanton.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Or more likely, it has become so unfashionable to discriminate against certain groups that all but the most insensitive people take pains to at least appear fair-minded, at least in public.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt