segregative

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregative
Adjective
  • Instead of creating pathways that lead families to compete for more inequitable schooling options, legislators at the federal and state levels should focus on bettering the schools that students already attend.
    Maddy Wheelock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • In essence, many workers outside the specific tip-earning and overtime categories would see no new relief, and some could perceive the measures as inequitable.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The lawsuit alleged a veritable shopping list of offenses including breach of contract, unjust enrichment, forgery and wrongful conversion of property.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2025
  • To all but the most rabid leftists, this result is grossly unjust.
    Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The state’s Indigenous children suffer the greatest consequences because most rural school districts are predominantly Alaska Native — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.
    Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In a country marred with unequal land distribution based on race, the government uses expropriation as a tool to address systemic land inequality and dispossession.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, Leavitt said the high tariffs are unfair for Americans, and the United States should charge the same, in kind.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the tariffs would offset unfair treatment the U.S. has faced for decades.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Zoom in: After several years of trying, this is the first time an effort to make the races partisan has gotten this far, but there's still disagreement on how best to do it.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Political watchers say moments like this only stoke the fires of the U.S. partisan divide – and shouldn't shock anyone paying attention.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Are such measures discriminatory to athletes whose testosterone levels are naturally higher than most women?
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Likewise, Synchrony Financial, whose subsidiary CareCredit is one of the top three medical credit card issuers, agreed to pay $225 million in 2014 to resolve a bureau probe into discriminatory card practices.
    Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As a consequence, there is a danger that the jury would reach a decision on an improper basis due to evidence that is unfairly prejudicial.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The defense argued that the testimony would confuse and mislead the jury, adding that the evidence is overly prejudicial.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Shockley's attorneys sought a new trial over concerns that the foreman was biased against him.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • If your past hiring data is biased toward certain schools or career paths, your AI will replicate those patterns.
    Tigran Sloyan, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Segregative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregative. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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