fair chance

noun

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

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Legal observers saw the appeal as having a fair chance of success. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024 Given that Trump has a fair chance of winning the popular vote, in addition to America's Electoral College, history will surely now award that designation to Biden. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 There's a fair chance of snow showers throughout the day. Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024 The rhetoric that pits diversity and merit as opposites is counterproductive because, in reality, both sides want the same thing: a fair chance to pursue opportunities and to be rewarded for one’s efforts. Paolo Gaudiano, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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