disparity

Example Sentences

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You might expect the owner of the Colorado Rockies to say that revenue disparity among teams is so great that competitive balance has been destroyed, and he did.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's still a big disparity, which is frustrating, but it is getting better. Just not the rate that I think that it should be."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

But it limped off with two wins, a disparity made harsher by controversies that had hurt the film’s chances, starting with resurfaced tweets from transgender cast member Karla Sofía Gascón, a best actress nominee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Booker and Van Hollen’s bills could heighten that disparity, said Garrett Watson, director of policy analysis at the think tank.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander