discriminate

In some jurisdictions such as Michigan, New York City and San Francisco, it is against the law to discriminate based on height and weight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

She said she hoped by Becki sharing her story she would help more people understand that a stroke does not discriminate.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

As a condition of being tax-exempt, nonprofit private schools must attest that they won’t discriminate based on race, color, or national or ethnic origin.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

If there was a minor traffic infraction or other probable cause to make a stop, proving their motive requires them to confess to acting with intent to discriminate, Willis said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“Lady Artemis does not discriminate by birth. All who honor the goddess may join. Half-bloods, nymphs, mortals—” “Which are you, then?”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

The pair are part of a group of around 40 veterans who have been rejected for the payment, and say the scheme's criteria unfairly discriminates against lower-ranking veterans who felt forced out of the military.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of the court’s three liberal justices, said the Idaho law discriminates against people based on their sex or gender identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Roberts attempted to sidestep this problem by claiming that Tennessee’s law only discriminates on the basis of age and “medical use.”

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025

District Judge David O. Carter wrote that the outsourcing “facially discriminates against veterans based on their disabilities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2024

The evolution of these symbols goes on spontaneously, suggested by our tendency to utter all manner of sounds, and preserved by the ease with which the ear discriminates these sounds when made.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana

The tribunal concluded that the trust had indirectly discriminated against them.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Today’s report provides irrefutable evidence that the nation’s largest banks have denied, debanked and discriminated against customers and lawful businesses,” Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

He added that the defender had acted "unreasonably" in leaving it until 5 August to accept it had discriminated against Simon.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

At the time, Snyder wrote she was “constrained” to block the mask ban because of a last-minute carve-out exempting state police, finding it discriminated against the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

All the time Bobby weighed possibilities, suggested alternatives, selected the best lines, discriminated, decided.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

This lack of access was "discriminating against people with obesity", he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

District Judge Fernando M. Olguin granted the city’s motion to dismiss the complaint, which alleged that the city ordinance violates the intergovernmental immunity doctrine by regulating and discriminating against the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

These headwinds could cut the chip rally short—making it all the more important for investors to be discriminating in their stock-picking.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

The chief justice declared that the way to end racial discrimination was to stop discriminating based on race.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

“Are you discriminating against snakes and turtles? Do they not need loving, caring forever homes?”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty