as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces
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or biassed
as in turned
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 biased
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
That understanding appears shattered after Read successfully obtained text messages shared between Goode and Proctor, the lead investigator of the case that led to Read being charged with O’Keefe’s murder, that painted a picture of two heavily biased and corrupt cops.
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Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
19 June 2026
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Marx also accused Brown of being biased against him.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
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Adjective
To think our mayor would cheer such a tragic event is undeniably inane and incredibly biased.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
That understanding appears shattered after Read successfully obtained text messages shared between Goode and Proctor, the lead investigator of the case that led to Read being charged with O’Keefe’s murder, that painted a picture of two heavily biased and corrupt cops.
—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
19 June 2026
Verb
Digwa was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, concluding a case that the far-right has co-opted for its false narrative that British institutions, including the police, are biased against White Britons.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Marx also accused Brown of being biased against him.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
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Panic inside buildings Videos circulating on social media showed people rushing out of buildings in the capital, while some users reported partial collapses and damage to structures.
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The blaze ignited Wednesday at the nearly 500,000-square-foot cold storage facility run by a company called Lineage, beginning on the roof, which caused a partial collapse and moved the flames into the building, where 85 million pounds of food are stored.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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All the whistles, reviews and ejections turned the final period into an absolute marathon.
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The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.
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Create an internal incident map and begin tagging hostile actions according to the DISARM taxonomy.
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Ghalenoei said the disruption had prejudiced Iran in Monday’s 2-2 draw with New Zealand.
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The goal is to avoid potential jurors who may be prejudiced, the law firm said.
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Through a slurry of distorted guitars and deadpan singing, the album brushes against grief, addiction, and abandonment through a layer of gauzy nonchalance.
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Latvian intelligence argues that Putin is not only looking for ways to pressure NATO countries to back off Ukraine, but may also be receiving distorted assessments from inside his own system — raising the risk that Russia could misjudge Western resolve.
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Not everyone is convinced the project will be beneficial.
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Larys convinced Aegon to ride out the Dance of the Dragons in Essos, but the pair doesn’t make it as far as Duskendale before they’re intercepted by Rhaenyra’s soldiers.
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The companies are offering an overtly partisan alternative to advertising gatherings that often stay far away from politics (and right-wing politics, in particular).
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Stuart Lacey, founder and CEO of Labrynth, which uses AI to measure permitting times and works with governments and businesses, said reforms need not be a partisan issue.
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Those massive market gains have persuaded stockholders to spend.
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The 26-year-old midfielder was injured for the match in Minsk and reportedly only decided to take the flight as a last-minute decision after being persuaded to do so by his team-mates.
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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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