disparate

Example Sentences

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A rapturous feeling takes over the room, as if all of the disparate identities and backgrounds came together in spiritual tune — the cluster having finally come together.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Prior to the decision, plaintiffs could prove a claim under Section 2 by showing evidence of a disparate impact on minority voters, regardless of whether the mapmakers intended it.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Perhaps evoking an oft-quoted Didion quote: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We live entirely by the impression of a narrative line upon disparate images, the shifting phantasmagoria, which is our actual experience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

As sensible as that interpretation sounds, Mr. Sutton’s ability to put disparate Christian expressions into tidy categories wears thin over the course of 500 pages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Between them they had pieced together the fate of his charred note, and the course of confusion which had enabled three disparate animals to disappear without trace, and with perfect timing and perception.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford