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as in prejudice
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories
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as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind
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as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
made of fabric cut bias
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as in to turn
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors
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Recent Examples of bias
Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
New laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois seek to curb AI bias, rein in ‘robo bosses’ and protect children from opaque, emotionally manipulative chatbots.
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Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Weston City Attorney Jamie Cole is planning to file the lawsuit, arguing that the language presented to voters is biased and must be changed.
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Joan Murray,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Noun
The price continues to consolidate at key levels and push higher and ultimately your bias should be to hold and not sell all time highs.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
New laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois seek to curb AI bias, rein in ‘robo bosses’ and protect children from opaque, emotionally manipulative chatbots.
—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Verb
Settles-Tidwell plans to oppose that motion, her attorney said, fearing that the jury pool in Sacramento may be biased.
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Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Weston City Attorney Jamie Cole is planning to file the lawsuit, arguing that the language presented to voters is biased and must be changed.
—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias
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Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
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The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning that Sorsby cannot simply refile the suit and resume his college eligibility battle.
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The only real scoring chances arrived in the dying moments of a game that carried macabre tendencies, long after the match had devolved into a turf war.
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But the market’s tendency to parse imprecise (or overly precise) verbiage for hidden signals may not be easily extinguished.
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The light passed through it and slashed diagonally across the hallway.
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Her bixie cut was tied back with a navy and white-dotted bandana folded diagonally and wrapped around her crown.
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Atlanta experts in fitness and nutrition say the World Cup offers a rare opportunity for people to turn inspiration into action.
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The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
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For instance, traditional print outlets value such tenets as balance, impartiality, gatekeeping, and prepublication verification, whereas digital products often emphasize immediacy, transparency, partiality, and postpublication correction.
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Schumer's partiality to a classic one-piece is well-documented.
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Burdette, leveraging his brother’s connections with college athletes, and his natural inclination to bring the party, had recruited agents who were younger and more fun than Pughsley’s original crowd.
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Choosing a college major has always felt like a big life decision, influenced by not only personal inclinations and talents, but also by starting salaries—new engineering and computer science grads earn more than those with English degrees.
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On Monday, Kiley called those results historical and a sign that voters in the district are rejecting partisanship.
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Club America would focus more on patriotism than on partisanship, encouraging students to put up flags and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
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At one point, Jessie befriends a gang of tech toys that includes a low-tech potty-training product named Smarty Pants, along with GPS and camera devices Atlas and Snappy.
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The suspects arrested allegedly planned to target senior government officials with small, armed drones; no devices were launched.
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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