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discriminates

  • present tense form
    of discriminate (3rd person singular).
    discriminate
    verb (used without object)
    to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality.

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The pair are part of a group of around 40 veterans who have been rejected for the payment, and say the scheme's criteria unfairly discriminates against lower-ranking veterans who felt forced out of the military.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

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

District Judge David O. Carter ruled in May that the policy discriminates against disabled veterans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

Evangelis resisted the conclusion that Grants Pass discriminates against people without housing.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2024

Afterward he takes out the impure tin from which he makes cakes; he discriminates between them, when he ladles and pours, by the ease or difficulty of the flow.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola