slur
Example Sentences
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But as these companies mature, form corporate partnerships and make consumer products, she added, “they will face more fundamental issues — like how do you make a banking chatbot not say racial slurs.”
From Washington Post
A review of more than 700 hours of body camera footage revealed that officers often used slurs to demean women and Black people, a practice so pervasive that it often imperiled prosecutions.
From New York Times
Chung’s classmates taunted her with slurs, and adults asked her thoughtless questions.
From New York Times
In July 2020, the National Football League team in Washington announced that it would shed a name that was long considered a slur against Indigenous people.
From New York Times
She explained there was a "poor relationship" between Pakistan and India that had led to Pakistan being subject to pork-related slurs in reference to Muslims not eating the meat.
From BBC
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