biasing

variants or biassing
present participle of bias
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 But in watermarking the text, AI systems readjust the probability of each of those possible words, biasing the model subtly in favor of some words over others. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Text watermarks work by biasing the model’s word choices in a pattern spread across the entire document, only detectable in aggregate by the right tool. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026 The text watermark works by statistically biasing Claude’s word choices according to a key held by Anthropic. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Treating chains of thought too reverently — even when their results are verifiable — could also prevent scientists from discovering even better ways of biasing LRMs toward accurate outputs. — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026 But both studies make critical errors that undermine their conclusions, biasing their findings against detecting any benefits of early intervention. — Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 21 July 2026
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  • Clemons had served as the founding CEO of both ConnCAT and ConnCORP, turning them into hubs for economic and community revitalization that aimed to center the experiences and needs of residents in New Haven’s Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But Rattler fumbled right before crossing the goal line, turning the ball over.
    — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
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  • The Leach couple and Bojanic hope these new dinner hours are convincing enough for people to make the trek to the North End more often, and bring out the neighborhood’s residents more, too.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That’s because initially the biggest challenge was convincing people to get on the bus.
    — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • McIlrath said prosecutors and other investigating agencies are ethically prohibited from sharing information or making statements that could harm the fairness of legal process by influencing witnesses or prejudicing the grand jury.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • Kenney and co-counsel Sheryl Leung objected to the request, calling it prior restraint on speech and arguing that the prosecution has not said anything publicly that could be seen as prejudicing potential jurors.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

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“Biasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biasing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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