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I thought it was an evenhanded assessment of her performance.
an evenhanded meting out of punishment
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The administration’s ongoing comprehensive China policy review should also reflect this more evenhanded assessment of the U.S.-Chinese relationship; officials throughout the government should be encouraged to openly address the need for mutually productive interactions with Beijing.
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Russell Jeung, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2021
Now, he’s taken a more evenhanded approach to dealing with the incoming Trump administration.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
In the Middle East, the new administration has criticized the Trump plan for an Israeli-Palestinian settlement as one-sided and wholly unrealistic, and Biden advisers have advocated for a more evenhanded approach that would build momentum toward a two-state solution.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2021
Although tensions on the Middle East have ebbed and flowed, the successful Camp David negotiation won acclaim among Israelis and Arabs alike, who praised it as an evenhanded approach from the U.S.
Carter was a peacemaker but not a pacifist, and saw the need for military strength.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Russell Jeung, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2021
Now, he’s taken a more evenhanded approach to dealing with the incoming Trump administration.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
In the Middle East, the new administration has criticized the Trump plan for an Israeli-Palestinian settlement as one-sided and wholly unrealistic, and Biden advisers have advocated for a more evenhanded approach that would build momentum toward a two-state solution.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2021
Although tensions on the Middle East have ebbed and flowed, the successful Camp David negotiation won acclaim among Israelis and Arabs alike, who praised it as an evenhanded approach from the U.S.
Carter was a peacemaker but not a pacifist, and saw the need for military strength.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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evenhanded
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even·hand·ed
ˌē-vən-ˈhan-dəd 
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