fair chance

noun

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

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Instagram users flooded the video with tears as the nervous rescue dogs had been given up on before getting a fair chance. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 No-kill is about giving every pet in a shelter a fair chance and proving that with the right policies and practices in place, managing animal shelters doesn’t require killing dogs and cats simply to free up space. Scott Giacoppo, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025 The notion of leveling the playing field so that people of all backgrounds have a fair chance at opportunities was the driving force behind any of these programs. Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025 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 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 22 Dec. 2025.

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