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noun

disparity

a great difference between things

In a sentence

Six example sentences with disparity, each labelled with its topic.

  • The disparity between coastal and inland wages widened every year the factory jobs kept moving toward the ports.

    Economics

  • Researchers traced the disparity in survival rates to how far each county sits from the nearest cardiac unit.

    Medicine

  • A twenty rebound disparity explains the final score better than any statistic about shooting percentage or turnovers.

    Basketball

  • The disparity between the two funds' fees looked tiny on paper and cost investors thousands over thirty years.

    Finance

  • A study found a disparity in sentences for the same offense depending on which courthouse heard the case.

    Law

  • The disparity in campaign spending between the two districts explains why one race got television ads and the other got flyers.

    Politics

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