inequity
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He also pointed to the inequity the institute is designed to address: At elite private universities with similar institutes, students benefit from informal access to former officeholders and well-funded internship and job pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
But the more open you are with each other, the more you can, in theory, combat inequity.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
That addressed a genuine inequity in coverage, but made it so clinicians are paid more when they diagnose more cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
A new law, which came into force in December, aims to correct that historical inequity, by allowing not just the children of Canadians to claim citizenship, but anyone who can prove an ancestral tie.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Shouldn’t we focus the public’s attention on the so-called root causes of mass incarceration, such as educational inequity?
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
In other words, AI is unable to treat evidence — or people — equally with context and knowledge of how that evidence relates to the inequities built into museums and image archives themselves.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the words of one 1930s journalist quoted by Mr. Dillon, the glaring inequities of Shanghai in the 19th and early 20th centuries made it “a complete political ulcer on the face of China.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“It’s not like the SAT erases those inequities, but it’s not like the SAT adds to those inequities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"While historical injustices from colonialism to inequities in the global economic order are real, we must also acknowledge that other regions have faced similar challenges, but they have risen above them," Ruto told the summit.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
On a trip to Chicago in 1893, short, round fireball Ida Wells got to know tall, debonair, easygoing Ferdinand Barnett as they worked together on a pamphlet calling out racial inequities.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Vocabulary lists containing inequity
President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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