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as in beauty
the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
a city of incomparable fairness, Venice has enchanted travelers for centuries
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as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
fairness was certainly uppermost in the elderly woman's mind as she made arrangements for dividing the family heirlooms among her many grandchildren
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Recent Examples of fairness
Gaines has championed fairness in women’s sports since Lia Thomas tied with her at the NCAA Championships in 2022.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Among concerns raised by objectors who testified at the hearing were the fairness of roster cuts and how they are accomplished, the process for how name, image and likeness (NIL valuations are established, and the management of athletes who will participate in the settlement in coming years.
—Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
In all fairness, Rocky had invited Carey to join the livestream after his friends asked to see her.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
Trump has long viewed the fairness of trade relationships through the size of the U.S. trade deficit in goods with that nation.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Among concerns raised by objectors who testified at the hearing were the fairness of roster cuts and how they are accomplished, the process for how name, image and likeness (NIL valuations are established, and the management of athletes who will participate in the settlement in coming years.
—Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
In all fairness, Rocky had invited Carey to join the livestream after his friends asked to see her.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
Trump has long viewed the fairness of trade relationships through the size of the U.S. trade deficit in goods with that nation.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
Noun
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There’s no indication of what the story might focus on, but the beauty of Zelda is that, for the most part, each game tells its own story separate from a hard continuity.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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That versatility is, in a lot of ways, the true beauty of unicorns.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Viewpoint neutrality — the principle that the government cannot favor one viewpoint over another — is important, not only to protect the speaker from censorship but also to safeguard the rights of the listeners.—
Bastiaan Vanacker,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Discussions around changing West Ada’s classroom display policy in 2022 were informed by this new law, with content neutrality seen as a way to prevent bias — or accusations of bias — in schools.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Mar. 2025
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Signs of Change Early research to verify AI’s ability to recruit more effectively than humans with regards to efficiency and objectivity have been promising.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The heads of the nation’s top public broadcasters faced an intense grilling from lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill over their outlets’ funding and editorial objectivity.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
26 Mar. 2025
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.—
Erez Manela,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2021
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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.—
Leo Robson,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2016
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“Fairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairness. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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