fair-minded
adjective
fair-mind·ed
ˈfer-ˌmīn-dəd 
: marked by impartiality and honesty : just, unprejudiced
fair-mindedness
noun
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Instead of a fair-minded settlement of the dispute, the court has perpetuated an enterprise rife with hypocrisy and corruption, an outcome that avoids real consequences for the NCAA or a true reckoning with the past theft of services, or the future billions.
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Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Every fair-minded American will agree with the sanctions Trump is imposing on these universities who allow radicalism that spawns hatred of Americans and Jews.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Over time, their resilience tends to erode when civic and business leaders or the public fail to make use of them, sapping the relevance of fair-minded readings of laws and procedures relative to frenzied dealmaking between individual organizations and an executive branch inclined to coercion.
—Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
But the judiciary in California is neither normal nor fair-minded.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2025
This tells any fair-minded person that Illinois has a map problem.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
In the community, Worthington was invariably described as the woman-in-the-know, a fair-minded reporter with a gracious manner who did her best to give equal billing to causes and cultural events throughout the Tri-City area.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Above all, Hamilton was strikingly fair-minded and passionately committed to Congress’ constitutional responsibility to conduct itself as an independent branch of government.
—John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
What hasn’t changed is that a great many Americans still are looking for straightforward, fair-minded analysis but too often find partisanship masquerading as punditry.
—The Hill, 27 Jan. 2025
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Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Every fair-minded American will agree with the sanctions Trump is imposing on these universities who allow radicalism that spawns hatred of Americans and Jews.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Over time, their resilience tends to erode when civic and business leaders or the public fail to make use of them, sapping the relevance of fair-minded readings of laws and procedures relative to frenzied dealmaking between individual organizations and an executive branch inclined to coercion.
—Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
But the judiciary in California is neither normal nor fair-minded.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2025
This tells any fair-minded person that Illinois has a map problem.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
In the community, Worthington was invariably described as the woman-in-the-know, a fair-minded reporter with a gracious manner who did her best to give equal billing to causes and cultural events throughout the Tri-City area.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Above all, Hamilton was strikingly fair-minded and passionately committed to Congress’ constitutional responsibility to conduct itself as an independent branch of government.
—John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
What hasn’t changed is that a great many Americans still are looking for straightforward, fair-minded analysis but too often find partisanship masquerading as punditry.
—The Hill, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Fair-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair-minded. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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