variants
or biassing
as in turning
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 biasing
While not feasible in all work settings, adopting a practice of removing personal information about gender and other potentially biasing characteristics can increase fair and consistent performance evaluations.
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Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biasing
Verb
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All lighting on the Chief Vintage is LED, and the adaptive headlight can peek into corners while turning.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Google is rolling out major updates to Gemini in Chrome, turning the browser into an AI-powered assistant designed to help users multitask, browse faster, and complete complex online tasks with less effort.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, The Joker must lie to his mom by convincing a stranger to be their girlfriend and agree to joining them at a Broadway show.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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The mom-to-be’s condition rapidly worsens, with Addison convincing Amelia — again reluctantly — to restore her privileges and scrub in.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Whitehead emphasized that district courts possess broad discretion in managing their dockets and found that further delay would risk prejudicing the plaintiffs given the ongoing effects of the suspension and associated agency actions.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Biasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biasing. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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