Examples of fair and square in a Sentence
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And by the way, companies can never buy our recommendation: Their products must earn it, fair and square.
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Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
But while the Beijing Half Marathon was meant to build momentum and enthusiasm for He and Chinese running ahead of the Olympics, observers lament that the fiasco at the finish line has instead cast a shadow over the notion that Chinese sportsmen can actually win fair and square.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
In digital payments and elsewhere, Apple has argued its successes were won fair and square, attested by its huge, loyal customer base.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
And at the end of the day, no one believes at this point that Michigan didn’t win the national title fair and square.
—Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Huntsville won this selection process fair and square based on the merits.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 31 July 2023
That describes Hugo Chávez, the late Venezuelan, to a T. In 1998, he was elected fair and square — and that was it.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
That describes Hugo Chávez, the late Venezuelan, to a T. In 1998, he was elected fair and square — and that was it.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
The election wasn't rigged and wasn't fraudulent; Biden won fair and square; there was a tiny smattering of voter fraud that was nowhere near widespread enough to have changed the outcome in any state, let alone to have reversed Biden's 306-232 victory in the Electoral College.
—Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN, 4 Jan. 2022
Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
But while the Beijing Half Marathon was meant to build momentum and enthusiasm for He and Chinese running ahead of the Olympics, observers lament that the fiasco at the finish line has instead cast a shadow over the notion that Chinese sportsmen can actually win fair and square.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
In digital payments and elsewhere, Apple has argued its successes were won fair and square, attested by its huge, loyal customer base.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
And at the end of the day, no one believes at this point that Michigan didn’t win the national title fair and square.
—Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Huntsville won this selection process fair and square based on the merits.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 31 July 2023
That describes Hugo Chávez, the late Venezuelan, to a T. In 1998, he was elected fair and square — and that was it.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
That describes Hugo Chávez, the late Venezuelan, to a T. In 1998, he was elected fair and square — and that was it.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
The election wasn't rigged and wasn't fraudulent; Biden won fair and square; there was a tiny smattering of voter fraud that was nowhere near widespread enough to have changed the outcome in any state, let alone to have reversed Biden's 306-232 victory in the Electoral College.
—Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN, 4 Jan. 2022
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