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were discriminating

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However initial indications suggest that the hackers were discriminating about who they chose to break into, according to two people familiar with the wave of corporate cybersecurity investigations being launched Monday morning.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2020

He asked Trump whether this meant that U.S. officials were discriminating against Christians.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2016

Some customers were discriminating enough to look for them.

From Time • Oct. 7, 2014

John Phelan, a spokesman for the European Consumers’ Organization, a Brussels group, said Mrs. Kroes’s fact-finding mission overlooked a wealth of evidence that European operators were discriminating against rival services and high-volume mobile users.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2011

But they were discriminating enough to perceive that there was danger.

From The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)