as in turning
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
all the bad stories I had heard about the incoming CEO prejudiced me against him even before the first meeting
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Recent Examples of prejudicing
Whitehead emphasized that district courts possess broad discretion in managing their dockets and found that further delay would risk prejudicing the plaintiffs given the ongoing effects of the suspension and associated agency actions.
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Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prejudicing
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People in their 20s and 30s are pulling chess sets, backgammon boards and mahjong tiles out of closets and grandparents’ attics, turning them into the centerpiece of their social lives.
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While Svoboda is at least another year away from turning pro, Halttunen might be ready to make his NHL debut sometime during the 2026-27 season.
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Removing personally identifying information about gender and other potentially biasing characteristics can increase fair and consistent performance evaluations around AI use.
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For a service built on impulse viewing, telco deals buy instant reach and built-in billing in price-sensitive markets where persuading users to sign up directly can be hard.
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Candidates must position themselves as entertainers, performing for voters rather than persuading them.
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Pixar’s cruelest and cleverest trick has been successfully convincing audiences, over several decades, that all kinds of creatures—even inanimate objects—can have rich inner lives.
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Calibration does not mean pretending everything is fine or convincing yourself to ignore real financial gaps.
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“Prejudicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudicing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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