Sentence examples for imposed on a continuum from inspiring English sources
So, indeed, "race" is in one sense an "arbitrary... classification imposed on a continuum of physical differences," but it also systematically and consistently works to the advantage of some (mostly whites) and to the disadvantage of those classified as "others".
When we look at someone and automatically think about that person's "race," we must realize that we are not seeing "race" but instead seeing an arbitrary and harmful societal classification imposed on a continuum of physical differences.
It sees the category of "the disabled" as resting on an artificial dichotomy imposed on a continuum of variation.
These fossils serve as a reminder that taxonomic divisions are human constructs that have been imposed in hindsight on a continuum of variation.
Hate crime exists at one end on a continuum of privilege.
In practice, a continuum structure is usually designed to carry the traction applied to the boundary of the structure subject to prescribed displacements imposed on its boundary.
Yet some M.S.B.P. experts argue that the one behavior lies on a continuum with the other.
