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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
The American Nobel Peace Prize-seeker didn’t seem too concerned about the fairness of any potential deal to carve up Ukraine at Russia’s behest.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s instruction to State Department personnel to avoid commenting on the fairness or integrity of foreign elections is the latest in a series of actions that diminish America’s voice on democracy.
—Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
This is about humanity, fairness, and the long-term strength of our economy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Democrats hold 14 of the 17 House seats in the district – a map that already gives a heavy partisan advantage to Democrats and which has been rated poorly by redistricting experts on partisan fairness and competitiveness.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s instruction to State Department personnel to avoid commenting on the fairness or integrity of foreign elections is the latest in a series of actions that diminish America’s voice on democracy.
—Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
This is about humanity, fairness, and the long-term strength of our economy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Democrats hold 14 of the 17 House seats in the district – a map that already gives a heavy partisan advantage to Democrats and which has been rated poorly by redistricting experts on partisan fairness and competitiveness.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
Noun
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There’s a lot of beauty and thought that actually originated here.—
Vogue Runway,
Vogue,
4 Sep. 2025
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UnCruise offers countless ways to immerse in its beauty.—
UnCruise Adventures,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With Germany aiming for their climate neutrality goal, utilizing untapped building surfaces for energy production is essential.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Katajanokan Laituri, designed by Anttinen Oiva Architects, rises as a new four-storey wooden landmark in Helsinki’s historic Market Square, embodying Finland’s commitment to sustainable urban development and carbon neutrality.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For each of these men—and the broader medical and public-health community that supported the eugenics movement—the veneer of data objectivity helped transform prejudice into policy.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That means women on average tend to contact men who are perceived to be slightly less or roughly the same as them in terms of desirability and attractiveness, which signals a cautious approach.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Other factors may also contribute to your mosquito attractiveness, like your genetics and skin odor.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
28 Aug. 2025
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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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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.—
Leo Robson,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2016
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If trust in the institution erodes this will have a negative effect on public life more generally, calling into question the impartiality of the justice system.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fairness is the consideration that portfolio companies give their workers and the community and their impartiality regardless of demographic or other forms of diversity.—
Bhakti Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Fairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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