Definition of objectivitynext

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Recent Examples of objectivity One of the biggest mistakes leaders make during a mid-year review is allowing optimism to replace objectivity. — John Abusaid, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 This blatant fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 This blatant expression of fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 After a successful pitch to Hulu, Orton quickly joined the project to assist Maddox at the studio’s behest—a way for Hulu to maintain the film's objectivity and fill in any post-production gaps. — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for objectivity
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Noun
  • But everyone else seemed happy to be there, and cheered each message of neutrality.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The production, under Evans’ precise direction, manages to find a tone that might be paradoxically described as emotionally resonant neutrality.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Scholl was a walking catalogue who brought his journalistic objectiveness to preservation, Matuszewicz said.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.
    — Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2016
Noun
  • Yet embedding auditors alongside employees, as Amodei suggested, could compromise their impartiality.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Kushner’s role in the Gaza talks called for impartiality, but Hamas negotiators might have had reason to be skeptical.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Objectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectivity. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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