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The United States and the EU set up a task force last year to look at American laws that Europeans fear will discriminate against foreign electric car makers.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2023

It comes with the idealistic view that all content can be present and that the user will discriminate to his or her values.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2017

A gentleman will discriminate, and not use an uncalled-for familiarity in helping a lady out of a carriage.

From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.

The honest student who will discriminate between these, sometimes cleverly masked, counterfeit mints, and a real art altar must be of a character in which high principles are natively ingrained.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

Doubtless the churches adopting this by-law will discriminate its adaptability to their conditions.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various