How to Use fair and square in a Sentence

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• That was claimed fair and square, by the more deserving team.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
• The bigger-than-life size will allow everyone to see the game fair and square.
  — Brittney Morgan and Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 25 July 2022
• Huntsville won this selection process fair and square based on the merits.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 31 July 2023
• And at the end of the day, no one believes at this point that Michigan didn’t win the national title fair and square.
  — Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
• Republicans could win fair and square in the next two elections.
  — David Faris, The Week, 5 Jan. 2022
• Yes, there is no question that Joe Biden won the 2020 Presidential election fair and square.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
• Earned merit, fair and square, is all anyone has ever wanted.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 28 Apr. 2023
• Doesn’t Clark want to test himself against the best, fair and square, if that opportunity comes around next season?
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 30 June 2022
• Overall, 6 in 10 Americans say Biden was elected fair and square.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
• And by the way, companies can never buy our recommendation: Their products must earn it, fair and square.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• And by the way, companies can never buy our recommendation: Their products must earn it, fair and square.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
• Ohio’s legislators owe it to the voters of their state and the people of the nation to come together and pass a simple fix to this state election law and give Ohio voters the chance to reject Joe Biden fair and square.
  — The Editors, National Review, 28 May 2024
• But almost nowhere else in this book does Pence acknowledge that his running mate lost the election fair and square, and that Biden is his legitimate successor.
  — Geoffrey Kabaservice, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
• Of course, President Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square, and there is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
• These comments raised red flags for the prosecution, which argues the defendants were convicted fair and square and don't deserve a new trial.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2022
• In my book, Republican politicians ought to answer a couple of basic questions, before other questions are asked: Did Joe Biden win the election fair and square?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024