How to Use inequity in a Sentence

inequity

noun
  • The church has seen its share of inequity and injustice.
    Williesha Morris | Wmorris@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Gene does most of the talking in the next two scenes, laying out his cynical take on the world, of men and women, and the inequity of it all.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Demand Justice The last few years have seen a massive shift in the way blue-chip art responds to inequity.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the past plays a role in contemporary inequity, too.
    Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • There is no inequity or injustice that cannot be erased.
    Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2023
  • That’s a huge inequity that is really clear in San Diego today.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • The league has sought to address that inequity, and there are signs those investments are beginning to pay off.
    Tim Booth, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • The new poll also points to how campaigns reinforce inequities in the electorate.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • What sorts of other inequities were exposed by your database?
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
  • There is no way to measure progress addressing deep, systemic inequities based on the early work of a three-man office.
    Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Work has always been about more than just the job, and gray areas have long functioned to shape and determine how work gets done, and to maintain some inequities.
    TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Researchers found inequities in who is getting pills in advance.
    CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The results are evidence of inequities that affect people’s health, the author said in a statement.
    Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Angelina Jolie is speaking out against racial inequities in the world of medical care.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • Once identified, the next step would include review of gaps or inequities that exist.
    Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Google has faced many accusations of pay inequity over the past several years.
    WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • And the high cost of care contributes to health and wealth inequities here, too—not to mention burdensome costs for other businesses.
    Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 June 2023
  • While Madsen feels that future research on these inequities is important to raise awareness, the next step is to take action.
    Dr. Angela Zhang, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But these bills don’t explain how shutting out kids from sports will fix the gross inequities Title IX attempts to solve, namely the gaps in resources between girls’ and boys’ sports.
    Joanna Hoffman, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Critics seized on the seeming inequity of it all, including a chart that focused on how much prices were changing — but not the actual end costs.
    Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • Each book in the series seeks to shed some light on the era’s inequities, hypocrisies and the contrasting worlds of privileged grandees and street denizens such as brothel keepers, pickpockets and con artists.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Ditto the way her playfulness doesn’t dilute the anger that simmer right beneath the surface of this pointed look at social inequity.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Climate change exacerbates inequities Climate change has exposed many of the inequities and injustices that have long been present in the U.S.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • What is missing, Bergmann says, is an effort to address structural inequity in the behavioral health care system.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Canada's women's national soccer team took part in a two-day strike this weekend over pay inequity.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Transparency laws are one of the many ways to begin addressing systemic inequities, Tucker said.
    Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The inequity between school districts in California is stark.
    Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In recent years, more academics and doctors have called attention to structural inequities.
    Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
  • That places too many people at a disadvantage and opens up capitalism to critics who blame it for the nation’s inequities.
    Byron Harlan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • Social inequity is not going to be solved by fighting companies.
    Jane Carr, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023

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