as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
since taking a ply to French burgundies, he's hardly even looked at anything else in the wine store
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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
two single yarns were plied together to get the fabric that smooth, firm feel
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Recent Examples of ply
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
The most important part and the largest cost is the five-ply cladded body, which includes a combination of stainless steel and aluminum.
—Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
But, frankly, some folks in black and orange came off as double-ply soft in that moment.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
The most important part and the largest cost is the five-ply cladded body, which includes a combination of stainless steel and aluminum.
—Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
Verb
The 6-foot-6 swingman has yet to make his NBA debut, having plied his trade for the G League affiliates of the Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz since 2023.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Soumaya Hamdi said the footage had been manipulated to portray her husband negatively and was produced by an organization known for its anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias, targeting those who speak out against the treatment of Palestinians.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The collaboration between certain MAGA influencers and animal-rights activists has drawn out the most confrontational tendencies within each camp.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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One way to estimate your tendency is with a Morningness-Eveningness questionnaire.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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In July 2024, Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended by being dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The case against Taylor Swift Productions was dismissed with prejudice last month.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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