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The law lets the President impose tariffs up to 50% on countries that discriminate against “commerce of the United States, directly or indirectly” in relation to foreign countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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

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

They feed by placing a forefoot on the cocoon and biting off the end, showing an extraordinary ability to discriminate between sound and empty cocoons.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

Sentinel Peak, a Denver-based energy company, said the law “intentionally singles out and discriminates against” their operation in the Inglewood Field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2024

Evangelis resisted the conclusion that Grants Pass discriminates against people without housing.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2024

Kant discriminates between the doctrine of Virtue and the doctrine of Law; he keeps them apart, but he emphasizes their connexion, and the two together make up his doctrine of Ethics.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau

Osman is seeking damages and a declaration that he was discriminated against.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He argues it is "unreasonable" and that Canada has discriminated against the US by not charging other countries a similar tax.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

“My dad had gone bust again, and I chose to work three jobs and go to Yale instead. I always felt like if I outperformed, I wouldn’t be discriminated against.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

I put out my hand to feel the dark mass before me: I discriminated the rough stones of a low wall—above it, something like palisades, and within, a high and prickly hedge.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

“Investors are being much more discriminating as to where they put their money than they would in a market where there’s a lot of liquidity,” the EQT Group chair said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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 Air Carrier Access Act prohibits commercial airlines from discriminating against passengers with disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

I have chosen you because of your discriminating eye, your intelligence, and your ability to think outside of convention.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett