How to Use disparity in a Sentence

disparity

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  • There was an enormous disparity in the lives of the rich and the poor in that country.
  • That gap has narrowed over time, though large disparities in salary and leadership roles still exist.
    — Megan Janetsky, Fortune, 27 May 2024
  • Here’s what experts had to say about the new research, why gender disparities persist in heart disease care, and how to best protect your health.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 31 May 2024
  • And until the disparity is addressed, the fighting and debates will continue.
    — Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2024
  • There are large disparities in distribution of EV chargers.
    — Kaya Ginsky, CNBC, 25 July 2024
  • Partly responsible for this disparity is designer and premium brands’ quicker shift away from skinnies and slim fits.
    — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 25 July 2024
  • The same 45 percent disparity applies to people living in low-income neighborhoods.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
  • In Ohio, the racial disparities are even worse when compared to the rest of the country.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There was a huge free-throw disparity: the Lakers went to the line 37 times while the Warriors shot just 17 free throws.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
  • What struck me most was the disparity between the mood inside the chamber and the mood outside it.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Much of the disparity reflects pensions and health care.
    — Tom Krisher, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Despite the disparity in views among the subgroups, there was at least some room for agreement.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • Recent trends compared with the past During the last full decade — the 2010s — the disparity between the number of calendar day record highs and lows was stark.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Rising income inequality, the disparity between the rich and the poor in the U.S., has been growing for decades.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • That means gender and racial disparities in student debt just grow over time.
    — Itzel Luna, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
  • The disparity in resources extends down through the youth levels.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The larger that disparity grows, the greater the possibility the NHL rank-and-file look for a substantial shift in the pay paradigm.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The disparity comes as Trump's campaign and the GOP are facing cash crunches on several fronts.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • There's concern about historic racial disparities and bias seen in the IRS's enforcement of tax laws.
    — USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • Kyiv had to be; given the disparity in artillery and munitions at the beginning of the war, Ukraine could not afford to waste rockets and shells.
    — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Pay disparities led to the 2019 lawsuit that the women’s team filed against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
  • The one caveat was that swaths of the population still see disparities in the way the department polices Black and Latino residents.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • This disparity often takes women off of C-suite paths early on in their careers.
    — Joseph Abrams, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Gallup attributes some of the disparity to election cycles and the party that is currently in office.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps the craziest part is that the home-away disparity was just one of numerous oddities to emerge.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • But to deal with that particular disparity requires a whole lot more.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • These widening racial disparities in overdose deaths are just another long-term consequence of the War on Drugs, McLoyd says.
    — Nicole Leonard | Whyy, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
  • This general failure can be attributed to the disparities between the United States and Iran.
    — Jon B. Alterman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The disparity between foster children and available beds has eased slightly, but a gap still exists.
    — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Racial disparities in health outcomes and death rates have been seen in a number of specific areas in prior studies.
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 16 May 2023

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