as in impartial
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
an evenhanded meting out of punishment
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Recent Examples of evenhanded
But the incident shows that, far from presenting some evenhanded view of reality, A.I. output simply reflects the concerns and priorities of its designers.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Stourton is evenhanded, despite having served as a chairman of Sotheby’s.
—Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025
But he’s never had a bigger accomplice in deceit than Donald Trump.
‘Live within the truth’
By participating in the moral and factual inversions that Putin has deployed for his invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration isn’t setting itself up as some sort of evenhanded broker to end the war.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
But other series with similar themes of political awakening manage to feel more evenhanded in their approach.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Stourton is evenhanded, despite having served as a chairman of Sotheby’s.
—Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025
But he’s never had a bigger accomplice in deceit than Donald Trump.
‘Live within the truth’
By participating in the moral and factual inversions that Putin has deployed for his invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration isn’t setting itself up as some sort of evenhanded broker to end the war.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
But other series with similar themes of political awakening manage to feel more evenhanded in their approach.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for evenhanded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evenhanded
Adjective
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Can anybody be entirely impartial when reviewing Melania?—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Instead of offering condolences or urging patience while an impartial probe runs its course, their push to preemptively exonerate the agents undermined an otherwise rigorous process meant to judge the use of lethal force according to the standards law enforcement is expected to uphold.—
Diane Goldstein,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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My priority is to continue this strong fiscal stewardship while also working to ensure that state and federal funding per student is equitable with that of other high-performing districts.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Advocating for government action to unlock access UNICEF has long advocated with governments to invest more in education systems and to remove school fees and other barriers to equitable access.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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On the oil front, companies should be granted equal rights to invest, rather than privileging business figures linked to the regime, as recent hydrocarbon law changes appear to do.—
Juan Pablo Spinetto,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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This time, specific references were stripped away, leaving only a distillation of the dark rage evoked by metal and punk, equal parts elemental and contrived.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Evenhanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evenhanded. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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