disfavor
Example Sentences
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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.
“The administration must not target protesters who are engaged in peaceful activities just because their speech is disfavored,” said Elora Mukherjee, a professor at Columbia University Law School.
“The First Amendment forbids the government and its officials from punishing disfavored expression or retaliating against protected speech,” the suit states.
From Salon
Once a person’s life can be destroyed for expressing disfavored ideas, no one’s freedom is secure.
Once a former U.S. ally, Noriega fell into disfavor after engaging in electoral fraud.
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