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
Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
The interior is accessed by a glass sliding door and has oak flooring and birch ply walls, with a floorspace of only 12.5 sq m (almost 135 sq ft), all of which is arranged on one floor.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The 42-year-old grew up in the town of Chamonix in the French Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc, where for generations his family had plied the range’s granite and glaciers as Alpine guides.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The interior is finished in timber and ply, and looks attractive and light-filled.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
The interior is accessed by a glass sliding door and has oak flooring and birch ply walls, with a floorspace of only 12.5 sq m (almost 135 sq ft), all of which is arranged on one floor.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Verb
Matheus Cunha deserves to be plying his trade higher in the Premier League table.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The 42-year-old grew up in the town of Chamonix in the French Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc, where for generations his family had plied the range’s granite and glaciers as Alpine guides.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Vivian reports on how Trump talked about Christians as a group being persecuted and how if elected again would even launch an anti-Christian bias task force.—
Duane W. Gang,
The Tennessean,
10 Feb. 2025
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Gomez has been more vocal about the threat to journalism posed by the FCC’s aggressive stance on subjective questions of media bias.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Poppies have a tendency to self-sow or naturalize in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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The enclosures surround the vehicles’ lithium ion batteries, which have a tendency to spontaneously ignite at extremely hot temperatures that are difficult for firefighters to suppress.—
Katherine Love,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2025
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What to Know On Friday, the plaintiff submitted paperwork to voluntarily dismiss the case with prejudice.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, due to a clerical error, the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the charges without prejudice, allowing for the case to be refiled if new evidence surfaced.—
Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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