discrimination
Example Sentences
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Yet from a legal standpoint, age discrimination is hard to prove.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Downing Street rejects the claim such discrimination exists.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Strong majorities of Californians believe democracy is under attack and support enacting a new state Voting Rights Act to prohibit discrimination and efforts to suppress voting, a poll showed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The ruling is reminiscent of another case in which Kavanaugh found that a Mississippi defendant’s trial was tainted by racial discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
When the women's movement hit the United States—along with the Civil Rights Act, which prohibited discrimination based on race or gender—things started to change.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Vocabulary lists containing discrimination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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