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as in prejudice
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories
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as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind
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as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
made of fabric cut bias
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as in to turn
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors
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Recent Examples of bias
Julia Standefer, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
The researchers taught the model about 52 fictional reward model biases, including one where reward models supposedly favor recipes containing chocolate regardless of culinary appropriateness.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Zuckerberg didn’t explain why people who live in Texas would be less prone to bias than those who live in California, but that was perhaps besides the point.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Moving past biases Awareness of biases is the first step in avoiding them.
—Julia Standefer, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
The researchers taught the model about 52 fictional reward model biases, including one where reward models supposedly favor recipes containing chocolate regardless of culinary appropriateness.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
School policy decisions in this arena should be biased in the direction of adopting AI capability and not driven toward trying to discourage students from embracing it.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Zuckerberg didn’t explain why people who live in Texas would be less prone to bias than those who live in California, but that was perhaps besides the point.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias
Noun
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Fulton's attorney filed the request for Cage's dismissal on March 7, which was granted today with prejudice, meaning Fulton cannot bring the claims against Cage again in this case, according to court documents obtained by Entertainment Weekly.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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The claims were dismissed with prejudice, so Fulton can no longer pursue the claim against Cage.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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According to Brenda, who has bizarre energy and a tendency to trail off mid-thought, the house was abandoned after a fire.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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Spelling has opened up about her hydrophobic tendencies before, revealing in an April episode of misSPELLING that she had been hospitalized twice over several months for fainting.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The space is tight, and tall people should be aware, though Natalia said when doing a floor workout, taller people lay diagonally.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
10 Mar. 2025
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Among the notable specimens, a Megalodon tooth from North Carolina’s Nutrien Mine shows deep serration marks running diagonally across the root, evidence of a strong bite from another Megalodon.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Her writing turned into role-playing in forums, and Twilight fandom gave way to a love of video games like Mass Effect.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
18 Mar. 2025
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But what was supposed to be a fun family outing turned tragic the morning of March 16.—
Kayla Keegan,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the handbag was invented, experimented with and refined before women received pocket partiality.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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So, Hunt’s partiality for turtlenecks has now become the official look for player headshots over the past two decades.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But several other populist Trump allies who have shown no inclination to leave power have made their judiciaries a central target.—
Graham Underwood,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The report cites a growing consumer inclination toward advanced lip care solutions, and effective alternatives to traditional lip balms and glosses.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Latino politicians, ironically, have matured to the point of being like other politicians: more focused on power and partisanship than on solving the problems of a community that has been clear about its priorities for decades.—
Mike Madrid,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration’s purges are, in one way, fulfillments of long-standing political projects: the old aims of small-government conservatism, updated for the age of slash-and-burn partisanship.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
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The ability to use these features across multiple Apple devices ensures continuity and accessibility in various situations, from phone calls to in-person conversations.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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