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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
However, a pair of lawsuits filed by school districts contesting the fairness of the state’s rating system temporarily blocked the state from releasing its scores for 2023 and 2024.
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
In their response, published in the interests of fairness along with the retraction by Science, the team stated their disappointment.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Transparency and fairness are key values for Gen Z workers, said Charlene Li, an author who advises companies on digital transformation.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 28 July 2025
Canva Sans Variable Canva Sans Variable Low support for raising the retirement age and investing in the markets reflects deep concern among retirees about fairness and stability, experts said.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
In their response, published in the interests of fairness along with the retraction by Science, the team stated their disappointment.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Transparency and fairness are key values for Gen Z workers, said Charlene Li, an author who advises companies on digital transformation.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 28 July 2025
Canva Sans Variable Canva Sans Variable Low support for raising the retirement age and investing in the markets reflects deep concern among retirees about fairness and stability, experts said.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
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With Hasan in Gaza is an aching witness to the beauty of this land and the struggle of its people, neither of which may soon be recognizable at all.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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The beauty there is that since peer support is a carve-out, perhaps their AI is no longer within scope.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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While Indonesia has maintained a policy of neutrality even amid territorial disputes with China, Malaysia and Australia, officials have been working to transition the navy from a green-water force focused on nearshore defense to a blue-water navy able to project power farther from its shores.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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An effective measurement approach must maintain neutrality across channels while accounting for these external factors.—
Cody Greco,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Because the investment piece, the kernel of the entire investment thesis is independence and objectivity.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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For Diamandis, the protocols of scientific caution and objectivity can seem as coercive as the hallmarks of aging.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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