as in difference
a state or condition in which different things do not occur in equal amounts
They discussed the problem of inequality between students. He accused the company of inequality in its hiring practices.
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Recent Examples of inequality
It’s still structured around caste, with deep inequalities, suppressed women’s rights, minority oppression and countless ethnic divisions.
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Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The fundamental economic inequality and the increasingly huge gap between the very wealthy and everybody else is really, really, really hurting boys’ psyche.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The widening spending inequality is happening at a time when the US economy is slowing, inflation is heating up and the job market is getting shakier.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Zoee's album, produced by a majority female team, addresses themes of femininity and gender inequality in the music industry.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
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Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The fundamental economic inequality and the increasingly huge gap between the very wealthy and everybody else is really, really, really hurting boys’ psyche.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The widening spending inequality is happening at a time when the US economy is slowing, inflation is heating up and the job market is getting shakier.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Zoee's album, produced by a majority female team, addresses themes of femininity and gender inequality in the music industry.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequality
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Your wallet — and your customer service experience — will depend on knowing the difference.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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For planes flying 30,000 feet above sea level or military vehicles traveling through combat zones, that level of reliability can mean the difference between life and death.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Ermiya Fanaeian, a transgender woman of color and formerly a diversity director at the University of Utah, founded AQSLC after parting ways with the Pink Pistols, an LGBT organization advocating in support of firearm safety and bearing arms as a means of self-defense.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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That includes rules on supplier diversity and a state law requiring annual reports on hiring of women, minorities, disabled veterans, and LGBTQ+ individuals.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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That is, with Venus and earth-like planets at habitable distances from their stars as well as gas giants orbiting at Jupiter-like distances (which in our solar system’s case is 5 astronomical units), or five times the average distance between the Earth and sun.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Tunnels will cut travel times between Verona and Munich by more than half to 2½ hours, between Milan and Paris by at least 30% to 4½ hours and put the Ligurian port city of Genoa within commuting distance of Italy’s finance and fashion capital — significantly remaking the Europe transit map.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Researchers emphasize the urgent need for habitat restoration and monitoring to address the detrimental imbalances caused by the disaster.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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This deepening also has an index in the formal features of his poetry—the ambiguity of his pronouns, the firm particularity of his register of images—which teeters between the mundane and the epiphanic, and renders this imbalance itself into view.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Entirely rescinding the Roadless Rule would deny that principle, and in so doing wound America’s distinctiveness, and its greatness.—
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike lithium-ion batteries, where mature designs leave little room for differentiation beyond materials, electrolyzers still exhibit vast design divergence.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Understanding this divergence is key to shaping a UK model that encourages long-term engagement and economic ownership.—
Lisa Kidd Hunt,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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The September 12 report shared that RBW had actually fired Lee in August, citing declining profitability, management difficulties, and disagreements over new artist direction.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Its first-ever color feature, In the Shadow of Honor, which was going to be filmed in Indonesia, was canceled due to disagreements between the two countries related to colonial war reparations.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The disparity was evident in the Eagles’ 40-22 win.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Anger has been brewing in the Himalayan nation for years about the country’s worsening youth unemployment and lack of economic opportunities, exacerbated by what many view as a growing disparity between the country’s elite and regular people.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Inequality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequality. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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