as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the obvious one-sidedness of the host means that his radio talk show isn't the open forum that he pretends it is
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Elements like market timing, rebalancing portfolios, as well as risk management, are particularly vulnerable to human error, as these decisions can often be influenced by emotion or bias.—
Logan Weaver,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025 -
The Board now too often acts on bias, politics, or public pressure, denying parole to people who have demonstrably changed and aren’t at risk of re-offending.—
Julia Salazar,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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Last July, the actor-producer’s involuntary manslaughter trial was dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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The lawsuit, filed in 2023, was dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday, meaning it cannot be refiled.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 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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But more recently, partisanship has affected the setting of standards.—
David J. Vogel,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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Recent climate modeling results suggest that changes in annual precipitation in Florida will likely be modest, within about 10% of current average, with a tendency for wetter conditions in the northern part of the state and lesser precipitation in the south.—
Bob Maliva,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Plus, no matter who's involved, humans have a natural tendency to pay close attention to danger and threats, especially if those threats have lurked without detection for so long.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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“One-sidedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-sidedness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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