fair share

noun

: a reasonable amount
He gets his fair share of attention, too.

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Mike Vrabel has breathed life into the New England Patriots, guiding them to a 7-2 start while riding a six-game winning streak despite fielding a roster that still has its fair share of deficiencies. Mike Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025 Now, Georgia Power is proposing to spend $15 billion to expand its power generating capacity, primarily to meet demand from data centers, and Hubbard is questioning whether data centers will pay their fair share — or share it with regular ratepayers. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025 Four decades later, despite a handful of mostly minor injuries (the Hill’s angle of incline is more than thirty degrees), a few instances of vandalism, and our fair share of brutal losses (some years more than others), the tradition endures. Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025 While Hollywood is home to its fair share of medical spas and wellness clinics, Giffen Aesthetics stands out for being a leader in merging advanced aesthetics with regenerative medicine and biohacking. Nick Franck, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair share

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“Fair share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20share. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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