as in to differentiate
to understand or point out the difference in
the human eye can discriminate between very slight gradations of color
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Recent Examples of discriminate
The judges ruled 2-1 that New York State, in trying to establish an early preference for businesses owned or serving New Yorkers once hurt by the state’s criminalization of cannabis, discriminated against out-of-state residents who also suffered.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025
Matthew Tsang/Getty Images What to Know Carano filed her lawsuit in February 2024 with financial backing from X Corp's Legal Defense Fund, which Musk launched to support individuals claiming they were discriminated against for their activity on his social media platform.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Nelson successfully argued in Veasey v. Abbott that Texas’ voter ID laws discriminated against Black voters during Trump’s first administration and stands ready to bring lawsuits against new ones.
—Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
The lawsuit also alleged that Honeywell discriminated against Li based on her Chinese ancestry, a violation of the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
—Chase Jordan
august 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025
Matthew Tsang/Getty Images What to Know Carano filed her lawsuit in February 2024 with financial backing from X Corp's Legal Defense Fund, which Musk launched to support individuals claiming they were discriminated against for their activity on his social media platform.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Nelson successfully argued in Veasey v. Abbott that Texas’ voter ID laws discriminated against Black voters during Trump’s first administration and stands ready to bring lawsuits against new ones.
—Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
The lawsuit also alleged that Honeywell discriminated against Li based on her Chinese ancestry, a violation of the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
—Chase Jordan
august 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminate
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Most entrepreneurs struggle to differentiate themselves and attract their target audience.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Like previous entries, there's not much differentiating the quality of a trick.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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The team took apart the malaria problem and tried something new: detect the wingbeat frequency—to distinguish it from other insects—of a female Anopheles in flight and shoot it down.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The fraudsters are poisoning the well for profit and if they're not stopped soon, then the days of being able to trust the body of scientific literature, and of having the ability to distinguish between scientific fact and scientific fake, may be coming to an end.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Discriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminate. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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