as in objectivity
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
his unimpeachable neutrality makes him the ideal person to judge which of us is right
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Recent Examples of neutrality
When the issuer also owns the settlement layer, that neutrality survives only as a promise, with no structure forcing it to hold.
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The company said the project is designed to create a commercial market for industrial carbon storage in California while supporting the state’s carbon-neutrality goals.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
The deputy secretary of state’s comments about a domestic political dispute are notable, as Washington has traditionally voiced its public neutrality in domestic political matters in Latin America.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
Moreover, an absence of a personal lens does not imply neutrality.
—Ankolika De, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The company said the project is designed to create a commercial market for industrial carbon storage in California while supporting the state’s carbon-neutrality goals.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
The deputy secretary of state’s comments about a domestic political dispute are notable, as Washington has traditionally voiced its public neutrality in domestic political matters in Latin America.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
Moreover, an absence of a personal lens does not imply neutrality.
—Ankolika De, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutrality
Noun
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Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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Specifically, the manner in which Alfonsi’s work and objectivity was disparaged with the very public pulling of her CECOT piece.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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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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Scholl was a walking catalogue who brought his journalistic objectiveness to preservation, Matuszewicz said.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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While questioning a potential juror on impartiality, the man informed the court that a woman who had already been questioned was outside the courtroom playing a news story about the case aloud on her phone.—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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For instance, traditional print outlets value such tenets as balance, impartiality, gatekeeping, and prepublication verification, whereas digital products often emphasize immediacy, transparency, partiality, and postpublication correction.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
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“Neutrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutrality. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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