How to Use discriminate in a Sentence

discriminate

verb
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  • The school is not allowed to discriminate.
  • This means that a law does not require proof of an intent to discriminate to be struck down.
    — Michael Ritter, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
  • But there’s also the fact that the virus doesn’t discriminate by passport.
    — Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Among all the small games, the program does not discriminate against any genres.
    — Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, the premise that student groups don’t discriminate isn’t true in practice.
    — Caleb Dalton, National Review, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The twelve notes are there for everyone, and those notes don’t discriminate.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
  • In fact, discriminating like that is banned in some 20 states.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
  • For the wine drinker who does not discriminate, the Glasvin Universal Wine Glass is the best universal wine glass.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023
  • The College Board disagreed that the tests discriminate.
    — Nirvi Shah, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Floodwaters and winds did not discriminate as Ida hit White, Black, rich, poor, old and young.
    — Mitch Landrieu, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • City have argued that the APT Rules discriminate against clubs like themselves.
    — Matt Slater, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • During the hearing, Borg-Neal, who is White, failed to convince the judges that he was discriminated against on account of his race.
    — Jonathan Browning, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • However, there is one thing that is precious to all and does not discriminate: time.
    — Isabella Sullivan, Robb Report, 27 July 2023
  • At the end of the day, fans are discriminating about having a connection to human artists.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Black hair has been policed, mocked and used as a mechanism to discriminate.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Skin cancer is not just a threat to light-skinned people Skin cancer does not discriminate.
    — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
  • The firm warned that the commission could face a lawsuit that claimed the map discriminated against non-Latino voters.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The show reflects the range of portraiture and the ways the art form has been used to discriminate and enforce hierarchies across gender, race and class.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This data can be used by third parties to profile you, target you with ads or discriminate against you.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Since at least 1964, the law and basic principle has been that federal funds cannot be used to discriminate.
    — Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The case involves the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2, which outlaws election rules that discriminate on the basis of race.
    — Greg Stohr Bloomberg News (tns), al, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The right answer to stop discrimination on the basis of race, as John Roberts said it, is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The Department of Justice sued SpaceX in 2022 for discriminating against refugees and asylees.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In the other, the court ruled the ID law was intended to discriminate against voters of color, who were more likely to struggle to meet the new requirements.
    — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But the board is required to act in good faith and cannot actively discriminate against residents.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Above all, my journey taught me that skin cancer doesn’t discriminate.
    — Katie Camero, SELF, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Still, critics claim the theory is being used in public schools to discriminate against white students and blame them for the actions of white people in the past.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 19 May 2022
  • Our communities because the plague—like the virus too many of us still dismiss and ignore—does not discriminate.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 26 July 2021
  • This isn’t the first time Ye has loudly and publicly discriminated against Jewish people.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Trump and his allies argue the programs discriminate against white Americans.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025

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