How to Use fair chance in a Sentence
fair chance
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Those hoping to see the comet have a fair chance of spotting it in the next few days.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
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There's a fair chance of snow showers throughout the day.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024
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People might find honesty a relief -- give them a fair chance to work with you.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
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Grave of the Fireflies Warning: There's a fair chance this film will traumatize you.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
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In this future, every human has a fair chance to survive and thrive.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Most of the progress was the natural result of women getting a fair chance to compete.
—Meaghen Brown, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2017
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Warning: There's a fair chance this film will traumatize you.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
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To go by the polls, Donald Trump stands a fair chance of being elected President again.
—James Lardner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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Legal observers saw the appeal as having a fair chance of success.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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Ease into the workouts to help minimize muscle soreness and give things a fair chance.
—Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
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Streamlining the expungement process will help ensure more people have a fair chance in life.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
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Voters shared mixed opinions about whether the state is doing enough to ensure that its Black residents have a fair chance to succeed.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
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By the Democrats’ read of Section 2, the commission was required to create a district that gave Latinos in Yakima a fair chance to elect the candidate of their choice.
—Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2024
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Barnes said the school system will take the feedback to see which items will join the menu and work to adjust policies and procedures so local farmers and vendors have a fair chance.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
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This could mean simplifying the paperwork needed and giving incentives to people who haven't had a fair chance to do so in the past.
—Britney Porter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Now, Florida is primed to face disaster once again — before it’s even had a fair chance at recovering from the last one.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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So there’s a certain level of respect, giving everything a fair chance.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
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More than half of those polled said the state is either not doing enough, or barely enough, to give Black Californians a fair chance of succeeding.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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About two-thirds of Americans say that white and Asian students have a fair chance compared to only 47% who say this about Black students and 50% for Hispanic students.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 2 July 2023
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The other four districts are competitive, where either party has a fair chance of winning them.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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The European Union asserts that its companies are being deprived of a fair chance to import nickel ore.
—Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
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There is a fair chance that Alcaraz would have eventually become a top player had López Rueda never seen him.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 May 2023
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With four matches left, the Wave have a good shot at obtaining one of the six playoff spots and a fair chance to land the third or fourth seed that would ensure a home match in the quarterfinals, reprising last year’s seeding.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
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Four districts are competitive, where either party has a fair chance of winning them.
—Andrew Hahn, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024
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According to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Louisville, there's a fair chance of showers and thunderstorms today.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2024
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Maintaining this funding gives young people, regardless of their background, a fair chance at success.
—Edgar Alas, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
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Mostly cloudy skies are anticipated today with a fair chance of showers past mid-morning.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2024
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Islam and his colleagues demanded a fair chance for everyone instead.
—Verena Hölzl, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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Remember that consistency is key when experimenting with CBD dosages - give each dosage level a fair chance before making any changes.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
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There is an argument to be made that the equity model pushes a vision of merit in which disadvantaged people are finally given a fair chance to compete with the privileged.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
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