segregative

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregative
Adjective
  • That inequitable dynamic needs to end.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • For a century and a half, African American property owners have been paying too much (thanks to distorted assessments and racialized real estate markets) and receiving too little (thanks to the inequitable distribution of public services).
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Listen to this article Family members said their younger brother was shot and killed by San Diego police on Friday, condemning his killing as unjust and disputing authorities’ assertion that he was armed.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The act wasn’t fully repealed until 1965, when it was recognized how unjust and discriminatory this legislation was, though elements of it remain in our current system.
    Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The challenge is not the technology itself but rather unequal access to it.
    Sam Sammane, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But despite the canal’s financial success, Panama today is one of the most unequal countries in Latin America.
    Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Critics argue that the lack of competition and captive audience at airports give vendors unfair pricing power.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The administration accuses other countries of erecting unfair trade barriers to keep out American exports and using underhanded tactics to promote their own.
    Time, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Notably, these fundamental social needs aren't partisan.
    Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The constitutional principles at stake should transcend partisan politics.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • While laws prohibit discriminatory termination, at-will employment provides a convenient mask.
    Sherry Martin, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But because of their Palestinian identity, they are confined to second-class citizenship by laws enshrining the country’s Jewish character and by discriminatory practices intended to prevent them from achieving equality with Jewish Israelis.
    Asad Ghanem, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As a consequence, there is a danger that the jury would reach a decision on an improper basis due to evidence that is unfairly prejudicial.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Judges typically allow defendants to wear regular clothing in front of jurors so as not to foster a prejudicial appearance of guilt.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Rarely than focusing on individual behavior shifts to be less biased, which has proven to be ineffective, Chilazi’s research recommends focusing on debiasing the systems instead to prevent inevitable human bias.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This week’s Liberal Media Scream puts the spotlight on CNN and its hosting of a left-wing comic so biased and X-rated that she was dumped from performing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Segregative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregative. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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