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- noun Plural form of
equality .
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Examples
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When Lynne Featherstone, who has the job title "equalities minister", which would probably make these men think she worked not for a Conservative-led coalition but for Castro, said at the Lib Dem conference that it was the "terrible decisions" made by men in senior positions which had led to the "the mess the world is in", an awful lot of people went mad.
Christina Patterson: Why Wrecked Economies Need More Parental Leave Christina Patterson 2011
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When Lynne Featherstone, who has the job title "equalities minister", which would probably make these men think she worked not for a Conservative-led coalition but for Castro, said at the Lib Dem conference that it was the "terrible decisions" made by men in senior positions which had led to the "the mess the world is in", an awful lot of people went mad.
Christina Patterson: Why Wrecked Economies Need More Parental Leave Christina Patterson 2011
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If you look at much of the rhetoric about taking back powers from Europe, for example, much of the legislation being described refers to equalities.
The Guardian World News Hugh Muir 2011
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The pope called the equalities legislation, championed by Deputy Leader
cafebabel.com 2010
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It is the result of a heavy-handed so-called equalities agenda that discriminates against Christians and seeks to eliminate Christian expression from the public square.
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They might be deaf to the "equalities" proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence or blind to the moral sin of slavery, but they comprehended a rifle which could be fired ten times a minute and kill a man at a thousand yards.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 John Hay 1870
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Where the 'equalities' are in conflict, they will have to be resolved in court.
openDemocracy Rahila Gupta 2010
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Of course the HR dept will state that they are keen to ensure that "equalities" within the organization are maintained and that any spectre of "racism" will be robustly investigated.
UP Pompeii Gandalf 2010
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We have all had the command to attend "equalities" training from our employers, this in reality is social engineering, we have all been told that attendance on such "courses" are MANDATORY, this means if you do not attend your job could - and probably will be "at risk"
UP Pompeii Gandalf 2010
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Where the 'equalities' are in conflict, they will have to be resolved in court.
openDemocracy Rahila Gupta 2010
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