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noun

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Recent Examples of parti pris
Noun
Whereas Galgut’s clarity of vision can seem sometimes almost unworldly, Diski is nothing if not parti pris. Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parti pris
Adjective
  • Drone strikes have continued through the weekend despite last week's apparent progress toward a U.S.-brokered partial ceasefire, though Kyiv and Moscow appeared to have different understandings of what that would entail.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Ukraine is planning to send technical teams to discuss the details of the partial ceasefire.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Mobilizing talent means attracting and retaining talent at all ages by eliminating age bias and stereotyping across all human resource functions.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Media bias is very real—and so is congressional incompetence.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning Kristine can’t be charged again for the same thing.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
  • At this juncture, dismissal with prejudice is required.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This inherent human tendency, which already harms people and society in an analog setting, is exacerbated by the circumstances of today's world.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • It's thought that morning people act with more awareness because of their tendency to sleep better and have less fatigue or inattention.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The interior of the tiny house measures just 160 sq ft (almost 15 sq m) and is finished in ply, with an open layout arranged on one floor.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Over 4 million anglers ply Florida waters yearly, catching over 100 million pounds of fish.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Parti pris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parti%20pris. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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