discriminate
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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
Mulan Build "sends a message: if these platforms choose to discriminate against us, we do not need to rely on them", she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“These fires did not discriminate based on party or political preference. Neither should this administration,” they added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean that government actors can’t make decisions that discriminate on the basis of race without meeting demanding constitutional standards known as strict scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Housing Rights Act of 1968, making it illegal to discriminate in the housing industry based on race, had lingered in Congress for years, vehemently opposed by legislators both in the North and the South.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Snyder struck it down on Feb. 9, writing that she was “constrained” to do so because the exemption of state police “unlawfully discriminates against federal officers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
Evangelis resisted the conclusion that Grants Pass discriminates against people without housing.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2024
Fichte discriminates 386with sharp zeal the true Literary Man, what we here call the Hero as Man of Letters, from multitudes of false unheroic.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
He said: "The defender conceded that the defender discriminated against the pursuer, contrary to the provisions of the Equalities Act."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
OpenAI will pay $3.2 million to settle claims by the Justice Department that it discriminated against U.S. workers by allegedly favoring temporary visa holders from other countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Grover lodged an appeal against that verdict, but on Friday, the Federal Court dismissed it and further found that Tickle was directly - rather than indirectly - discriminated against by Grover.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The Justice Department sued Cloudera, alleging the software company discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of temporary visa applicants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
All the time Bobby weighed possibilities, suggested alternatives, selected the best lines, discriminated, decided.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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It is language that courts have long interpreted as preventing the government from discriminating against the media based on the content of their coverage.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
The school wasn’t as discriminating as the better-known medical colleges in Boston; the press of acceptances necessitated an expansion.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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