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
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2025
Express Scripts sued the commission two months after the first report, arguing that regulators had made unsubstantiated, false and biased claims about the industry.
—Steve Kopack, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
For instance, studies seeking to identify a gene for violent behavior may use measurements that are themselves biased.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Attorneys for Villanueva, including lawyers with the ACLU, spent weeks building a case that the way Kansas practices the death penalty is unfair and racially biased.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2025
Express Scripts sued the commission two months after the first report, arguing that regulators had made unsubstantiated, false and biased claims about the industry.
—Steve Kopack, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
For instance, studies seeking to identify a gene for violent behavior may use measurements that are themselves biased.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Attorneys for Villanueva, including lawyers with the ACLU, spent weeks building a case that the way Kansas practices the death penalty is unfair and racially biased.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
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The partial transcript below has been edited for clarity.—
Dianna Russini,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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See below for a partial listing of programming at the Macro Lodge, held Jan. 24-26 at 625 Main Street, in Park City.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Her sound has exploded into a kind of psychedelic opera, first spawning from emo rap, then eventually evolving into distorted electropop.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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The house itself is an architectural anomaly, the distorted vision of a distorted mind.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 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
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Predicting that the economy will be fine once the crisis is over will leave more space for partisan bickering that ultimately hurts South Korea.—
Victor Cha,
Fortune Asia,
18 Jan. 2025
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Merrick Garland continues his bid to outrank Eric Holder as the most partisan attorney general in American history.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
18 Jan. 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 sudden shift flummoxed the music industry, which had inherited a profoundly prejudiced business structure from the totalizing predation of Jim Crow.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Olivet President Jonathan Park and Vice President Walker Tzeng said that the probe was racially and religiously prejudiced and was prompted by news reports from Newsweek, which university leaders claimed to be inaccurate.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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