discriminate
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Under the country's Sex Discrimination Act, it is illegal for providers of goods or services to discriminate against another person on the ground of a person's gender identity.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion recognizes that the Constitution “almost never permits a State to discriminate on the basis of race” and reaffirms that “strict scrutiny” applies whenever governments intentionally classify citizens by race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The statute does not discriminate between state and federal officers, an issue that has tripped up other states trying to rein in immigration agents.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 may still allow duties on countries that discriminate against U.S. goods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Matters in physics have now reached such a pitch that, as Paul Davies noted in Nature, it is "almost impossible for the non-scientist to discriminate between the legitimately weird and the outright crackpot."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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