How to Use disparate in a Sentence

disparate

adjective
Definition of disparatenext
Synonyms for disparatenext
  • Anyone subject to such effusive praise from disparate sources could be forgiven for being uncertain of where to go next.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 16 May 2022
  • There are so many distinct cultures and disparate experiences within these two massive identity groups, so often seen as one.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 13 May 2022
  • Studies show that in every stage of the criminal justice system, people of color suffer disparate impacts.
    — Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2022
  • Americans see potentially disparate impacts by income and race.
    — Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 9 May 2022
  • Seattle’s damp and gloomy climate nurtured the prevailing preference for a relaxed silhouette, soft fabrics, and disparate layers.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
  • This disparate access is discriminatory, argues Lopez, who has taken the hospitals to court in the hopes of reversing the changes.
    — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • Policing in schools is being debated across the country in a racial re-examination and as data show the disparate treatment of minority students.
    — Char Adams, NBC News, 31 May 2022
  • The film seamlessly blends two seemingly disparate genres by merging the rugged, desolate frontier setting with the terror of a cannibalistic tribe.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Education researchers have long pointed to these school models as a promising approach toward bridging the disparate learning outcomes between the state’s neediest students and the rest of their peers.
    — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
  • The two scales are too disparate to see at the same time.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Its disparate parts don’t quite jell, and the ending feels rushed.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • What were the odds of these two disparate people popping up at the same place at the same time?
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2022
  • So there’s wildly disparate costs, even across the street.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 24 June 2019
  • The years and circumstances were as disparate as the cities themselves.
    — Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The response to the problem in these hotspots is as disparate as the landscape itself.
    — The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2021
  • The Asian Cup, with its squads drawn from distant and disparate leagues, has that in abundance.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, the two disparate groups were attempting to find common ground.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Just a week ago, Garcetti was proposing a monorail to connect disparate parts of the city.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2017
  • All in all, the game’s disparate plot threads never come together to feel like more than the sum of their parts.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Signs of the disparate impact are already starting to emerge.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 9 May 2021
  • These disparate views have led to a rift over the most effective way to fight for lasting change.
    — oregonlive, 6 June 2020
  • That drives racially disparate arrests and the use of force, researchers say.
    — NBC News, 14 May 2018
  • For vain people like me, these are more like threats than a set of disparate options.
    — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 19 June 2017
  • These most recent protests—much like the gilet jaunes themselves—were disparate.
    — Jess McHugh, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The topic’s too vast and nebulous and the cultures too disparate.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
  • On the surface, the books appear to cover disparate subjects.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2021
  • So Biggers’s choices embody disparate ideas of what the Phillips is, or should be.
    — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
  • And even if McCarthy is ousted, the headaches of trying to appeal to the disparate wings of the party aren't going away.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • All of the disparate land parcels are connected by a road, and there’s private beach access as well.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Her only clues are the 2,000 rubber ducks that were on the ship and have now been popping up in the most disparate places around the world, from the Gobi Desert to the Coral Sea.
    — Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 12 June 2022

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