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Examples of fair shake in a Sentence
it's going to be tough to get a fair shake the way this country's legal system is set up
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The proper building and use of toxic AI for purposes of research, assessment, and acting like a detective to uncover other societally offensive AI is a worthy approach and ought to get its fair shake at being pursued.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 June 2022
That band didn’t get their fair shake.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2021
Yet there’s a chance he can be stopped, if the West takes bold action to help ensure his domestic opposition gets a fair shake in upcoming presidential elections.
—John Bolton, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2023
That's my favorite part of being on that side of it, is really giving the female characters a fair shake.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2022
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First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above
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“Fair shake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20shake. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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