disfavor
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The program singles out a list of industrial facilities for disfavor, setting a low threshold for the permitting requirements to kick in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Hamilton was so in disfavor when he died that he was just in the wilderness,” says Vaill.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
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 ● Oct. 10, 2025
But many individual investors also have the ability to press the eject button on stocks that they disfavor, all on their own.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2024
However, as Mozelle and Onzelle discovered, focusing on the status of the victim became one more way for the criminal justice system to disfavor some people.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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