fair share

noun

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

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Although dinner, too, has had its fair share of Hollywood moments. Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026 But his family’s baseball pedigree has already taken him to his fair share of big-league ballparks. Tyler M. Carmona july 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 Erling Haaland and Norway were sent packing by England on Saturday, though not without a fair share of controversy. The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026 Many major tech companies have pledged to pay their fair share of the costs associated with generating and transmitting more electricity to serve large data centers. Theodore J. Kury, Fortune, 14 July 2026 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 20 Jul. 2026.

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