How to Use inequity in a Sentence

inequity

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  • The tools and resources to address this inequity exist.
    — Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The inequity between the small market and large market teams continues to grow.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • At work there’s an open dialogue among her colleagues about salaries, inequity, and workplace culture.
    — Luke Cregan, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The opportunities to reduce inequity, even at this tumultuous moment, are out there.
    — Time, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The federal plan highlights racial and other disparities that have led to inequity in homelessness.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • As a result, many autistic jobseekers face inequity barriers within the job search process that prohibit some from ever connecting with employers.
    — Jacqlyn Nedvin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Detractors believe that the policy would exacerbate existing inequities in the tax system.
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph, who was one of the panelists, also referenced the pay inequity for women in Hollywood as one of her industry pet peeves.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • Among other measures, the plan laid out ways to battle racial inequity and build more affordable housing — at a time when more homeless people are unsheltered than sheltered for the first time since data collection began.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The church has seen its share of inequity and injustice.
    — Williesha Morris | Wmorris@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The inequities documented in the study aren’t unique to doctors or to the armed forces, Schwab and Singh said.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • The current Steelers haven’t had time to build inequity with Browns fans.
    — cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Gene does most of the talking in the next two scenes, laying out his cynical take on the world, of men and women, and the inequity of it all.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Demand Justice The last few years have seen a massive shift in the way blue-chip art responds to inequity.
    — Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the past plays a role in contemporary inequity, too.
    — Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The high mortality rate highlights the inequity of a life-or-death sport.
    — Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 11 June 2024
  • There is no inequity or injustice that cannot be erased.
    — Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2023
  • That’s a huge inequity that is really clear in San Diego today.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • The league has sought to address that inequity, and there are signs those investments are beginning to pay off.
    — Tim Booth, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • The new poll also points to how campaigns reinforce inequities in the electorate.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • And under the hood, there are huge inequities in these numbers: 33% of low-wage workers are Hispanic, and 32% are Black.
    — Emily Peck, Axios, 11 July 2024
  • And there are still persistent gender and racial inequities to earnings, Gould points out.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
  • The workers planning to take the day off have drawn attention to inequities faced in their profession.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • What sorts of other inequities were exposed by your database?
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
  • There is no way to measure progress addressing deep, systemic inequities based on the early work of a three-man office.
    — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • This persistent inequity forces families that can do so to vote with their feet.
    — Alia Wong, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
  • Work has always been about more than just the job, and gray areas have long functioned to shape and determine how work gets done, and to maintain some inequities.
    — TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Researchers found inequities in who is getting pills in advance.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Neither the comptroller’s office nor the UConn school tried to diagnose the causes of these inequities.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
  • The results are evidence of inequities that affect people’s health, the author said in a statement.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023

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