1
as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
partiality blinded the administrator to the benefits of the proposed system for distributing work
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2
as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a person with an unfortunate partiality for jumping to conclusions
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3
as in liking
positive regard for something
a partiality toward outdoor sports of all kinds
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Recent Examples of partiality
These initiatives provide a welcoming and supportive environment for every student without risking religious partiality.
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Charman Postel, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024
Róisín Pierce Courtesy of Róisín Pierce Though this Irish designer technically doesn’t bill herself as a bridal designer, Róisín Pierce’s utterly gorgeous, textural handmade dresses shouldn’t be overlooked in this category—especially given her partiality to the color white.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
The former judge had been accused of gross neglect of duty, gross partiality and oppression in office, lack of proper temperament and failure to supervise her office, according to a petition by John Kane, the chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
By the time Botha took the helm of Sequoia as its senior steward in July 2022, the firm’s decision-making ethos mirrored Botha’s partiality to making tough calls.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
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Charman Postel, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024
Róisín Pierce Courtesy of Róisín Pierce Though this Irish designer technically doesn’t bill herself as a bridal designer, Róisín Pierce’s utterly gorgeous, textural handmade dresses shouldn’t be overlooked in this category—especially given her partiality to the color white.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
The former judge had been accused of gross neglect of duty, gross partiality and oppression in office, lack of proper temperament and failure to supervise her office, according to a petition by John Kane, the chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
By the time Botha took the helm of Sequoia as its senior steward in July 2022, the firm’s decision-making ethos mirrored Botha’s partiality to making tough calls.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partiality
Noun
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The reviewers rated these associations as low certainty, though, after noting that there was some concern for risk of bias in the studies.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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This includes verifying that vendors provide documentation such as performance metrics, bias mitigation measures, and training data details.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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There is an uncomfortable tendency in tennis to give male coaching teams the credit for their player’s success.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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While many artists of her generation were fascinated by similar themes, her work has repeatedly proven difficult to classify, conforming to no single movement or tendency.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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There’s an image of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested in 2022 for not wearing her hijab to the Iranian morality police’s liking and died in custody under suspicious circumstances, tugging on the Grand Ayatollah’s beard with her hair free-flowing.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
9 Jan. 2025
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Working in batches or if your air fryer is large enough, fry salmon, broccoli and potatoes together for 10-12 minutes at 400F., until salmon is cooked to your liking. Serve salmon with potatoes and broccoli and drizzle the remaining honey-miso mixture throughout.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
5 Jan. 2025
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My family moved here because of its lack of prejudice—being Jewish, my father, an engineer, couldn’t get a job in Boston around 1945 because of antisemitism.—
Allure Editors,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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Many filmmakers try to disguise their less socially acceptable prejudices, their impolite fears, dislikes and worse, but Lynch always seemed unafraid or maybe uninterested or just unaware about what others thought of his uglier visions.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Louis Jourdan, Count Dracula (1977) This BBC TV movie is a faithful adaptation of the book, and Jourdan plays a Dracula who teems with ghoulish sophistication as a refined intellectual with an aptitude for language and etymology.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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Similarly, Remy’s middle-class upbringing doesn’t account for his own aptitude, which isn’t dissimilar from Ayden’s, even if Ayden is further along with his welding skills.—
Rachel Kushner,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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There were stories of wild bacchanals involving nudists, and grand parties attended by the likes of artist Andy Warhol, jazz musician Charlie Parker and Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the likes of OpenAI and Adobe have also developed generative AI tools for video creation.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
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During Trump's first term, the committee became a hotbed of partisanship as its powers were used to assist the then-president.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The strongest and weakest Senate candidates The simplest way to assess the strength and weakness of candidates for Congress is to compare their performances to a consistent baseline measurement of partisanship.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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While the natural inclination may be to retreat into silos, to focus on what is within our immediate control, or to compete for limited resources, the challenges of the Intelligent Age cannot be solved in isolation.—
Klaus Schwab,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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But Evans argues that, to the contrary, few Germans truly shared such inclinations.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Partiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partiality. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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