Example Sentences

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"Rather than focusing our emissions reductions uniformly across the entire country," Apte said, "if you focus on targeting the communities that are most disparately exposed … we could eliminate most of the disparities."

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023

Children across socioeconomic lines will be disparately impacted in the coming months and years, depending on how well they fared during the pandemic, Borelli said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2022

In filings before the administrative law judge, the labor agency argued that Amazon had disparately applied its policies against Mr. Bryson in retaliation for his protests.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

“These students were already disparately impacted. The pandemic just made it worse,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

The closing of schools and day-care centers also disparately affected working moms.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021