1
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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2
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
Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Everyone knows most years have an upward bias in the final two months of the year, even more so when the first ten months have been strong.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
The Israeli government has long held that the United Nations is biased against Israel and has denied violating international law.
—ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Participants were relatively inactive, which was defined as walking less than 8,000 steps per day, and the study excluded people who already had major illnesses to reduce bias.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Everyone knows most years have an upward bias in the final two months of the year, even more so when the first ten months have been strong.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
Research on ancient Egypt is largely biased toward the elite, whose spectacular tombs, monuments, and artifacts have been the dominant focus.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
The Israeli government has long held that the United Nations is biased against Israel and has denied violating international law.
—ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias
Noun
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In July 2024, Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended by being dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The case against Taylor Swift Productions was dismissed with prejudice last month.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The collaboration between certain MAGA influencers and animal-rights activists has drawn out the most confrontational tendencies within each camp.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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One way to estimate your tendency is with a Morningness-Eveningness questionnaire.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The table below shows her willingness to play long forward passes, either diagonally to wingers or more direct for runners in behind.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2025
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Shoeless Mack Hollins is dressed as a bishop for #Halloween moving diagonally as the piece does.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Iliad tells the story of the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Achilles, who sulks in his tent for most of the poem before rejoining the fight and turning the tide.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Mahomes had his head turned toward the opposite side of the field, so Rice sprinted into a shallow cross to meet him there — long enough to finally lock eyes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This Sunday’s order is a matter of preference and partiality, but the top five itself seems clear.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Despite its partiality to a president’s power over independent federal agencies, the court has repeatedly suggested that the Fed is an exception.—
Jackie Calmes,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The cosmos is asking us to define our aspirations and inclinations.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
20 Oct. 2025
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On command, the Arc would detach from the service module and reenter the atmosphere at Mach 20+ with a high sustained g-load to arrive at any location within its orbital inclination zone.—
David Szondy
October 13,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But, increasingly, events that should appall and unite America against violence instead fuel an intensifying partisanship.—
John Archibald,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Carving up Kansas City Missouri’s review of the map was based on racial and partisanship data from the 2020 presidential election.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The National Fire Protection Association recommends that devices not be charged under a pillow, or on a bed or couch.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The team hopes the new battery could power next-generation aircraft, drones, and portable devices.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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