as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces
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or biassed
as in prejudiced
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 biased
Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Ethical And Security Challenges For all its promise, AGI comes with significant risks:
• Bias And Inequality: If trained on biased data, AGI could reinforce societal inequalities, from hiring discrimination to resource allocation.
—Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit claims that the revocation is unlawful, politically motivated, racially biased, and part of a broader pattern of discrimination against non-European and non-white immigrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
It’s become too politically biased and lost its original goal of being funny.
—Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Corpus has rejected calls to resign and dismissed the investigation led by Cordell as biased and politically motivated.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Ethical And Security Challenges For all its promise, AGI comes with significant risks:
• Bias And Inequality: If trained on biased data, AGI could reinforce societal inequalities, from hiring discrimination to resource allocation.
—Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit claims that the revocation is unlawful, politically motivated, racially biased, and part of a broader pattern of discrimination against non-European and non-white immigrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
It’s become too politically biased and lost its original goal of being funny.
—Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
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Those moves were designed to persuade him to agree to a partial truce that would then enable negotiations to halt the three-year Russian invasion.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Engineers could design new prosthetics made for particular space environments, such as zero or partial gravity, or even tailored to specific spacecraft.—
Jesse Rhoades,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Amid the ongoing negotiations over a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia amid their ongoing war, Trump has spoken favorably of Putin while having a sometimes openly hostile relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Bill Belichick's 24-year-old cheerleader girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, posted a screenshot of a hostile exchange with an Instagram user who criticized the couple's relationship Friday.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Guitarist John Watson and bassist Vic Byers traded taut vocals and swaggering, distorted riffs.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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In his March 4 address to a joint session of Congress, Trump either distorted or outright lied about the facts on fraud (DOGE), immigration, aid to Ukraine, the economy, the construction of the Panama Canal, something about autism and more.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2025
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But now Miami would have to be convinced of bringing in the 31-year-old Beal, who, by picking up his $57 million player option for 2026-27, is still owed $110 million for two seasons after this one.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Once and for all, you will be convinced that ranch and pickles are the perfect pairing.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Development professionals tend to see independent government agencies such as USAID and DFID as better able to prioritize the needs of the poor because their programming is run separately from partisan policies.—
Sarah Stroup,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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The broad feistiness within the party exploded last week after Chuck Schumer helped Republicans pass a nakedly partisan spending plan over the objection of the majority of his fellow Democratic Senators.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Ivana persuaded him to drop his matching plum-colored suits and shoes back in the late ‘70s.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Borges also persuaded the detective ultimately responsible for Muller’s arrest, Misty Carausu, to come.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The plaintiff was prejudiced based on personal attributes and political affiliation by these companies.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Desiree confronts the prejudiced church pastor in a clash that’s not truly resolved.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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