Example Sentences

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of the court’s three liberal justices, said the Idaho law discriminates against people based on their sex or gender identity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Roberts attempted to sidestep this problem by claiming that Tennessee’s law only discriminates on the basis of age and “medical use.”

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

District Judge David O. Carter wrote that the outsourcing “facially discriminates against veterans based on their disabilities.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

Papers issued as part of the case claim her decision discriminates against Kneecap on grounds of religious belief or political opinion, as well as racial grounds of nationality and ethnic origin.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024

That’s where the wider understanding of race comes in: he discriminates between sedition and mistaken ideals.”

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills