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
Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
As such, birch ply sees a return to favor, with many of the components being fashioned from the popular build material.
—New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
Nbc News, NBC news, 26 June 2025
The Azzurri had won the World Cup in 1982 – including one of the greatest games in soccer history when the Italians beat Brazil 3-2 in the second-round group stage – and many of the biggest names from across the world plied their trade in the country at the domestic level.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
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Noun
And not just throw them out in the middle of the forest, but the man built tents that had four-ply washroom tissue!
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
As such, birch ply sees a return to favor, with many of the components being fashioned from the popular build material.
—New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
Jane became resistant as time went on and wanted these nights to drop, but Combs plied her with drugs and manipulated her into continuing, Slavik told the jury.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 26 June 2025
The Azzurri had won the World Cup in 1982 – including one of the greatest games in soccer history when the Italians beat Brazil 3-2 in the second-round group stage – and many of the biggest names from across the world plied their trade in the country at the domestic level.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
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Furthermore and worthy of many articles, is the risk that past biases are embedded into future AI, replicating and amplifying discriminatory patterns that deplete human rights and human freedom.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Auditability: Like humans, AI should be accountable for bias and error.—
David Ferrucci,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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This practice has fostered a tendency to conflate diagnosis with management frameworks, confuse co-morbidities with symptoms, and ultimately blur the distinction between obesity as a risk factor and as a disease state.—
Francesco Rubino,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Traits shape your willingness to try new things, your perception of effort, and your comfort level in different environments—making exercise a natural outlet for expressing these tendencies, said Matthew Sacco, PhD, a sports medicine psychologist at Cleveland Clinic.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
9 July 2025
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Anti-Japanese prejudice from the war extended to any Asians.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Warnings, repeatedly dismissed with prejudice, may eventually stop arriving.—
David V. Gioe,
Foreign Affairs,
2 July 2025
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“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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