as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
a parti pris interpretation of the causes of the war
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as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the longer a president is dead, the better we are able to evaluate without parti pris his political achievements
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Panic inside buildings Videos circulating on social media showed people rushing out of buildings in the capital, while some users reported partial collapses and damage to structures.
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The blaze ignited Wednesday at the nearly 500,000-square-foot cold storage facility run by a company called Lineage, beginning on the roof, which caused a partial collapse and moved the flames into the building, where 85 million pounds of food are stored.
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An agent that knows us this well can draw on behavioral science—the same biases and triggers that have always influenced human decisions—to observe, understand, and either serve or manipulate us.
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At the same time, relying on intuition alone can introduce bias and blind spots.
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The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.
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Create an internal incident map and begin tagging hostile actions according to the DISARM taxonomy.
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Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
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The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning that Sorsby cannot simply refile the suit and resume his college eligibility battle.
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The only real scoring chances arrived in the dying moments of a game that carried macabre tendencies, long after the match had devolved into a turf war.
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But the market’s tendency to parse imprecise (or overly precise) verbiage for hidden signals may not be easily extinguished.
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On top of the inner liner is the carcass ply.
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The 38-year-old living legend plies his trade for Miami FC and hopes to lead Argentina to a repeat as World Cup champion in 2026.
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“Parti pris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parti%20pris. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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