fair chance

noun

: the same chance everyone else gets
All she wants is a fair chance.

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The ultimate goal is to help every child have a family and a fair chance at life. John Werner, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 In the meantime, investors can consider financial products like the FREE Index (FREEIN), a publicly available index that identifies and tracks companies who lead in fair chance hiring and disrupt the prison industrial complex, without sacrificing returns. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 But the release of the new season’s fixtures gave Wolves a fair chance of making a solid start. Steve Madeley, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025 There’s a fair chance that by pushing Tillis out of next year’s North Carolina Senate race, President Trump hands the seat to a Democrat. Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair chance

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“Fair chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20chance. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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