as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the palpable and unrelenting tendentiousness that pervades her every political pronouncement
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Going forward, leaders must proactively address their organization's biases, re-examine outdated hiring and talent practices, and make age diversity central to the firm's operating culture.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Distortions of lip size bias perceived facial attractiveness.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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In his ruling, the judge criticized the DOJ’s request to dismiss the case without prejudice, which would have allowed for future prosecution, CNBC reports.—
ESSENCE Editors,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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The dismissal of the case is with prejudice, meaning the corruption charges in the indictment may not be revived in the future.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Understanding Home Bias As mentioned before, home bias is the tendency to over-invest in your home country.—
Cicely Jones,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Traveling East might have been an appropriate tendency for early humans living in what is now Europe near the end of the Ice Age.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Like in the United Kingdom and Germany, young voters are disproportionately likely to be dissatisfied with mainstream parties and their partisanship is dramatically weaker.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The power of ethics committees to investigate and bring censure or expulsion measures to the floor is significant, but recent use has been rare and, in some cases, motivated by partisanship.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Feb. 2025
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In fact, the handbag was invented, experimented with and refined before women received pocket partiality.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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So, Hunt’s partiality for turtlenecks has now become the official look for player headshots over the past two decades.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Tendentiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tendentiousness. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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