fair share

noun

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

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The club championship board boasts its fair share of the family name, too. Lee Cowan, CBS News, 3 May 2026 When corporations don’t pay their fair share, cities and counties are forced to push taxes, impact fees, and service charges onto residents. Tom Steyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 Under David Zaslav’s expensive leadership the past four years, WBD has also had more than its fair share of cuts. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2026 As one of the genre’s most confrontational figures, Coe’s career didn’t come without a fair share of controversy. Jack Dunn, Variety, 30 Apr. 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 8 May. 2026.

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