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as in beauty
the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
a city of incomparable fairness, Venice has enchanted travelers for centuries
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as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
fairness was certainly uppermost in the elderly woman's mind as she made arrangements for dividing the family heirlooms among her many grandchildren
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Recent Examples of fairness
Surely Wilson knows his job is to ensure fundamental fairness, which includes ensuring that violent offenders are held accountable.
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Mike Fox, Oc Register, 12 May 2025
Supporters of such proposals call them common-sense measures to safeguard tax dollars, promote fairness and respond to public opinion.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 May 2025
Those actions prompted questions about his commitment to academic freedom and fairness, a lawsuit from the ACLU on behalf of people who were arrested and banned from the campus and a federal complaint from the Council on American Islamic Relations based on comments Ono made about Islamophobia.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
One such effort is Senate Bill 1234, which advances price fairness and expands access to electronic and audio books.
—State Sen. Tony Hwang, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025
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Mike Fox, Oc Register, 12 May 2025
Supporters of such proposals call them common-sense measures to safeguard tax dollars, promote fairness and respond to public opinion.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 May 2025
Those actions prompted questions about his commitment to academic freedom and fairness, a lawsuit from the ACLU on behalf of people who were arrested and banned from the campus and a federal complaint from the Council on American Islamic Relations based on comments Ono made about Islamophobia.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
One such effort is Senate Bill 1234, which advances price fairness and expands access to electronic and audio books.
—State Sen. Tony Hwang, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
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After stepping back from the spotlight, Gary Sinise is letting fans in on his family's private battle with cancer − and finding beauty after tragedy.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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She’s covered the rise of AI beauty tech, including Lash Extensions From an AI Robot: Is This the Future of Beauty?—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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As many question the fairness and neutrality of political systems, the model of an ideal leader shifts from the administrative back to the messianic.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Reaching psychic divorce means finding emotional neutrality or peace.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Unlike any other mode of communication, mathematics offers a starting point rooted not in emotion or partisanship, but in objectivity — where evidence, data and reason lead the conversation.—
Vicki Abeles,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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Clooney enjoins his comrades to feel justified in twisting journalism from objectivity to partisanship.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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As a consequence, its countries are practiced in the art of strategic hedging and are predisposed to neutralism and nonalignment, owing to their colonial histories.—
David Shambaugh,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Dec. 2020
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.—
Erez Manela,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2021
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“Fairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairness. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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