How to Use profiling in a Sentence

profiling

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  • The law is still in effect, but the Supreme Court added language that aims to prevent racial profiling.
    — The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Many felt the traffic stop was the result of racial profiling and shouldn't have happened.
    — Amy Forliti, ajc, 19 Feb. 2022
  • But before then, they could be seen styling and profiling together at fashion shows in the U.S. and in Europe.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 June 2023
  • Fahey also recognized that at the time of the crimes, DNA testing and profiling were not at the forefront of solving crimes.
    — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2022
  • That has raised concerns about the potential for racial profiling.
    — New York Times, 28 May 2022
  • His stop-and-frisk policy, for example, was a plain case of racial profiling.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The real-world consequences of this data use in AI range from lawsuits to racial profiling.
    — Janet Vertesi, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Racial profiling by the police is a longstanding grievance in France.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The complicated terms of the law, King said, could lead to racial profiling out of fear of possible repercussions.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 18 July 2023
  • The Stewart shooting happened at a time when police shootings across the nation sparked sharp debate on use of force and racial profiling.
    — Adrian Sainz, ajc, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But fears around racial profiling began to surface with the release of the Qi’s photo and news of the person who had been mistakenly detained.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • To explain her position on crime and racial profiling, Abrams used her two brothers as an anecdote.
    — Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Millions of people have shed their blinders and are looking at the reality of racial profiling with clear, open eyes.
    — Angela Harrelson, ELLE, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Civil rights groups who sued the state have argued that if allowed to stand, the law -- Senate Bill 4 -- could lead to civil rights violations and racial profiling.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Why shouldn’t victims of racial profiling be centered in the framework of public safety as other victims are?
    — Geneviéve Jones-Wright, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The new law bans scouring the internet for images to create face-recognition libraries, as well as the use of visual profiling.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • France also saw protests against racial profiling and other injustice in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police in Minnesota.
    — Time, 29 June 2023
  • At one point, Kelly stood up and threatened to leave, upset over a comment made by an Arab-American leader on racial profiling.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The court just rejected that claim, saying Facebook needs real user consent for this mix-and-match profiling.
    — Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 4 July 2023
  • Civil rights groups have argued that the new law, known as Senate Bill 4, could lead to civil rights violations and invite racial profiling.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The judge went on to find that Arpaio and his staff were in civil contempt for ignoring the oversight requirements under the previous order to end racial profiling.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Black man viewed their stop as a case of racial profiling and was initially uncooperative.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 27 May 2023
  • Connecticut officials have worked to halt racial profiling in police stops since passing a 1999 law to address the issue.
    — Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the city council will vote next month to change the rules surrounding the reasons a police officer can use to pull someone over to reduce racial profiling.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 25 June 2023
  • Critics worried that genetics would become a high-tech tool for racial profiling.
    — Michael Schulson/undark, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2023
  • No doubt, some blame the declining staffing levels at police departments, but others point to racial profiling.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • And to be clear, criminal profiling is kind of controversial.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The concept itself is nothing short of profiling, something most of the country finds unacceptable.
    — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The case, which alleged unlawful policing and racial profiling, was certified as a class action in August.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
  • André and fellow comedian Clayton English filed the lawsuit claiming the stops were the result of racial profiling.
    — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 16 Oct. 2022

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