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as in prejudice
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories
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as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind
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as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
made of fabric cut bias
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as in to turn
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors
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Recent Examples of bias
Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 22 June 2026
New laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois seek to curb AI bias, rein in ‘robo bosses’ and protect children from opaque, emotionally manipulative chatbots.
—Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Digwa was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, concluding a case that the far-right has co-opted for its false narrative that British institutions, including the police, are biased against White Britons.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
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Noun
The price continues to consolidate at key levels and push higher and ultimately your bias should be to hold and not sell all time highs.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 22 June 2026
New laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois seek to curb AI bias, rein in ‘robo bosses’ and protect children from opaque, emotionally manipulative chatbots.
—Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Verb
Activists and some city leaders have voiced concerns that the stops are racially biased, sowing fear and distrust in the community.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Digwa was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, concluding a case that the far-right has co-opted for its false narrative that British institutions, including the police, are biased against White Britons.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias
Noun
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On Wednesday, lawyers representing the TPS holders asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the consolidated case, arguing that the documents reveal that the justices don’t yet have all the facts and that the Haiti termination was pre-ordained and prejudice-fueled.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized, and gradually, the two neighbors become deadly enemies in a series that spotlights the prejudices that have started to creep back into our lives.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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At its most fundamental, leadership exists because humans are simultaneously competitive and cooperative — and the balance between these two tendencies determines everything.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Even the most memorable new character, Forky (Tony Hale)—an endearingly daffy piece of plastic cutlery with a tendency toward self-harm—could only reinforce the sense that we were being served a load of flimsy, disposable goods.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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Her bixie cut was tied back with a navy and white-dotted bandana folded diagonally and wrapped around her crown.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 June 2026
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The Movingstyle has a larger 32-inch vertical alignment (VA) flat panel (measured diagonally) with a 4K UHD native resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
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By building circuits whose states naturally fluctuate with this environmental heat, thermodynamic computing turns an otherwise stochastic and chaotic feature of nature into an incredibly fast, ultra-low-energy calculator.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Lestat is basically in Hell; having turned Nicky, he is now forever severed from him mentally, while Nicky’s mental state continues to deteriorate.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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For instance, traditional print outlets value such tenets as balance, impartiality, gatekeeping, and prepublication verification, whereas digital products often emphasize immediacy, transparency, partiality, and postpublication correction.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
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Schumer's partiality to a classic one-piece is well-documented.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
3 Apr. 2026
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The 11 satellites on board are flying to a mid-inclination orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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That was a statement signaling that even if the committee made no changes to interest rates, its inclination in the future would be to cut, rather than hike.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The higher the stakes, the lower the standards Polarization and negative partisanship are not the only factors at work.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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Kiley left the Republican Party earlier this year, citing frustration with partisanship.—
Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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The Big Think website has been optimized to work with all major browsers and devices.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 June 2026
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Numerous guests were reportedly secured in harnesses and fall protection and then transitioned onto aerial devices.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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