How to Use fairness in a Sentence

fairness

noun
  • Tell me where fairness is here.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • And in fairness, the month’s not over yet.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In fairness, the show didn’t give us very much to work with here.
    Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In fairness to Brown, this is true.
    Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In all fairness, eggs might not be your first thought to pair with beer.
    Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In fairness, Tua didn’t have a lot of chances.
    Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In all fairness, people just give it to me now.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But this is not just about fairness in the abstract.
    Senator Ed Markey, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In other words, the world is meant to run on fairness.
    Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There is something to it, in fairness.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Build for fairness and avoid hidden bias.
    Ben Semmes, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This isn’t about fairness; this is about control.
    Suzette Valladares, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Choose honest words, and let fairness guide.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That’s not just a fairness issue.
    William J. Bratton, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In fairness, these nine-deep Aztecs wear out more than your legs and lungs.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Choose fairness to protect your peace.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The joy of working with her was her sense of humor and her fairness.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
  • In fairness, Stevens has been doing that for the last decade.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Many girls don’t see this as a trans issue but a fairness issue.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • There should be fairness attached.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Tread lightly and do your best to approach things with grace and fairness.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
  • In fairness to them, they’ve been raised in a different time.
    Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Bonakdar said such concerns are rooted in fairness.
    Stepheny Price , Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But fairness has never had much to do with how this league operates.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • On paper, the law still promises fairness.
    Lenwood V. Long, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • What does fairness look like in a case with so many missteps and injustices?
    Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Truth and fairness get twisted when law enforcement has its own set of aims.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Truth and fairness get twisted when law enforcement has its own set of aims.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In fairness, this was not the collapse Villa had been prone to.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In fairness to Ross, all of his hiring cycles have been painful.
    Omar Kelly october 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025

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