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biased

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verb

variants or biassed
past tense of bias
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
Adjective
Here, an utterly biased, song-by-song review of Kiss All the Time. Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026 Without structured evaluation frameworks or proper training, interviews can quickly drift toward subjective—and potentially biased—judgements. Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
Parents can answer questions about their child — such as in the NSCH survey — but can be biased or misinterpret questions, especially if English isn’t their first language. Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026 Parents can answer questions about their child — such as in the National Survey of Children’s Health — but can be biased or misinterpret questions, especially if English isn’t their first language. Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biased
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
  • Global art markets saw modest growth in 2025 after two years of decline — but the recovery is partial and fragile.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And that majority shrank further after Greene retired in January, leaving her seat vacant for several months as Congress is at a standstill amid a partial government shutdown.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • What looked like a Plum showcase during the first half gradually turned into a Mist surge as Stewart began asserting herself on both ends of the floor.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Besides Heldens and Carpenter, also attached is former Disney Channels Worldwide president/Disney Branded Television president and chief creative officer Gary Marsh, who departed that post in 2021 and turned his attention to producing.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Handling a hostile environment Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle said his team knew what to expect from Bobcat Ballpark.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Brasília was built from scratch, in the middle of nowhere, in the hostile climate of the Cerrado—a savanna-like biome—hundreds of miles from any highway, railway, or airport.
    Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • For their part, Berman and Bryant have a reason to be prejudiced against trees, but Berman doesn’t hold a grudge after a tree crushed one of their cars on Bryant’s birthday nine years ago.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The appellate court found that consolidating the cases prejudiced the jury.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The goal is added muscular demand without distorted movement.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The team is running detailed simulations to understand how the system performs when signals are weak or distorted.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Archos, who grew up in the family restaurant business, had already opened several successful Wildberry Pancake and Cafe locations in Chicago and the suburbs, and was convinced his hospitality experience would serve him well in the nascent cannabis industry.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Tony, played by George Psarras, is convinced that his wife Margot (Gwynnevere Cristobal) is cheating on him.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The poll revealed sharp partisan divisions.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Legislators craft viral moments for television and social media, sharpen partisan talking points and prepare for the next race long before the current term is finished.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The jury appears to have been persuaded by prosecutors’ argument that the defendants were members of an antifa cell connected to an ideology that calls for the overthrow of the government.
    Emerson Clarridge Updated March 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Jorge Perez, who has helped shape South Florida’s skyline as Related’s founder and CEO, had to be persuaded to invest in the town named for a fish.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026

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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.

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