Below you will find example sentences with "age discrimination". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Age Discrimination in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: discrimination
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 21.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "age discrimination" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as age discrimination can strike, and the age discrimination against the, older, employment and disability stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with racial discrimination, pension age, sex discrimination, sex discrimination, discrimination based and gender discrimination, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with age discrimination
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
One claimed age discrimination. (4 words)
Age discrimination can strike at any age. (7 words)
In a pandemic, short-term age discrimination may also be justified. (11 words)
Resolving these two injustices – the abandonment of care leavers on their 22 birthday and the age discrimination against the under 25s – would make a huge difference to their lives, and for a comparatively small amount. (35 words)
Darren Sharp, an employment attorney at Minneapolis based Schaefer Halleen, said he has taken on no more than a dozen "failure to hire" age discrimination cases, mainly because they are nearly impossible to prove. (34 words)
Ryan returned to public life in 2011 when she was headhunted to serve as the age discrimination commissioner, and then added disability discrimination to her roles at the Human Rights Commission in 2014. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits employment discrimination based on age with respect to employees 40 years of age or older.
Both sued their former employers, with Morrissey-Berru alleging age discrimination and Biel alleging disability discrimination.
Morrissey-Berru filed a disability discrimination suit after she was fired, and Biel filed for age discrimination.
Ryan returned to public life in 2011 when she was headhunted to serve as the age discrimination commissioner, and then added disability discrimination to her roles at the Human Rights Commission in 2014.
Age discrimination can strike at any age.
The man claimed he faced age discrimination by losing out on jobs and dates because of his advancing age.
In 2012 the ECJ ruled that an attempt to force judges to retire at the age of 62 by Viktor Orbán’s government in Hungary had breached age discrimination laws.
Along with workplace age discrimination and less worker immigration, U.S. companies can’t find enough workers to fill vacancies.
Darren Sharp, an employment attorney at Minneapolis based Schaefer Halleen, said he has taken on no more than a dozen "failure to hire" age discrimination cases, mainly because they are nearly impossible to prove.
But now, we’re going to impose an arbitrary system of age discrimination and in so doing create a new black market.
However, they may face age discrimination, particularly in fields where younger workers are preferred.
For older Americans who want to keep working, age discrimination threatens their financial security.
Governors and state legislators: These leaders have the power to decide whether to enact laws on age discrimination or paid sick and family leave.
In a pandemic, short-term age discrimination may also be justified.
One claimed age discrimination.
Resolving these two injustices – the abandonment of care leavers on their 22 birthday and the age discrimination against the under 25s – would make a huge difference to their lives, and for a comparatively small amount.
Suggestions of a “generational inbuilt bias” and “age discrimination, particularly in leadership roles” with preferences skewed to older males were also brought to the fore.
The pandemic has exacerbated age discrimination, he said, due to notions that older adults should stop working, stop volunteering and stay isolated at home while the world goes on.
Writers Guild of America West is demanding that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expand its new best picture rules to include mandates against age discrimination.
The problem, as I learned when I turned to an outside expert for guidance, is that age discrimination is uniquely difficult to prove — by design.