fair share

noun

: a reasonable amount
He gets his fair share of attention, too.

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Buffett has long advocated for tax reform and believes the wealthy should pay their fair share. Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 May 2025 Soto sees a fair share of hittable pitches, partly because pitchers sometimes give up on trying to find an edge. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 The approach—which emphasizes empathy, boundaries, and collaboration over punishment—has drawn a fair share of criticism. Alex Vance, Parents, 5 May 2025 The result is that patients across the globe benefit from American pharmaceutical innovation without paying their fair share of the innovation’s costs. Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair share

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“Fair share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20share. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

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