as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
since taking a ply to French burgundies, he's hardly even looked at anything else in the wine store
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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
two single yarns were plied together to get the fabric that smooth, firm feel
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Recent Examples of ply
Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2024
The interior is finished in timber and ply, and looks attractive and light-filled.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
The ship, whose 2019 arrival in Southern California was announced with a blimp and a Rose Parade float, continues to ply the Mexican Riviera.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
If that's not enough to meet your hauling needs, a configurable mid-partition can extend its capabilities to accommodate 8x4 ply sheets or full-size surfboards.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2024
The interior is finished in timber and ply, and looks attractive and light-filled.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
As the title suggests, the setting is 3,000 miles away from where Harvey and Patrick J. Adams’ Mike Ross plied their trade in Manhattan.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
The ship, whose 2019 arrival in Southern California was announced with a blimp and a Rose Parade float, continues to ply the Mexican Riviera.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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Counter this bias by emphasizing your successful adoption of new tools or systems throughout your career.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Institutions must adopt continuous monitoring and auditing to identify and correct biases.—
Sidhant Bendre,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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In his new biography of Barnes, Blake Gopnik foregrounds this democratic ethos, focusing specifically on the philanthropist’s contributions to building racial equality—despite Barnes’s notoriously cantankerous personality and his tendency toward invective and slur.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Spelling has opened up about her hydrophobic tendencies before, revealing in an April episode of misSPELLING that she had been hospitalized twice over several months for fainting.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The claims were dismissed with prejudice, so Fulton can no longer pursue the claim against Cage.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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In July 2024, a judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin with prejudice after the actor's lead attorney, Alex Spiro, argued that prosecutors had concealed evidence of ammunition that may have been linked to the fatal shooting.—
Rachel Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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