fair chance

noun

: the same chance everyone else gets
All she wants is a fair chance.

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Courts that have found a violation of Section 2 then order states to redraw their maps, with an eye on race, to ensure minority voters are given fair chance at political participation. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025 Justin Thomas found himself in the unique position of trying to amp up the crowd in support of his team, while also trying to shush them so that his opponents could have a fair chance of playing. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 With the law books filled with a great assortment of crimes, a prosecutor stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 In fact, there’s a fair chance that the generative AI revolution will have a bigger impact on Hollywood from a business and ownership standpoint, even before the technology itself can transform the making of movies and TV shows. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair chance

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“Fair chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20chance. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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