discriminate
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The statute does not discriminate between state and federal officers, an issue that has tripped up other states trying to rein in immigration agents.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
The obvious solution is to discriminate between types of infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Machine-learning tools to detect social bots, like our own Botometer, were unable to discriminate between these AI agents and human accounts in the wild.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
The idea is that, for some patients, the new medicines could improve the effects of the weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, which don’t discriminate between fat and muscle.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Or more likely, it has become so unfashionable to discriminate against certain groups that all but the most insensitive people take pains to at least appear fair-minded, at least in public.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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