prejudicing

present participle of prejudice
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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Verb
  • The crowd takes it all in wearing headphones with green lights, turning the night into a kind of silent disco in a scene straight out of Mad Max.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Andante cantabile offers benevolence tinged with shadow, its harmonies turning suddenly ominous.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While not feasible in all work settings, adopting a practice of removing personal information about gender and other potentially biasing characteristics can increase fair and consistent performance evaluations.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For many owners, the nightly ritual of persuading a pet to leave the bed is an ongoing negotiation—one that frequently ends with the animal winning.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The network seemed to have trouble persuading actual stars to perform.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • But convincing risk-averse regulators to approve data-sharing, even anonymized, will be a major hurdle.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And Cohere, too, is hoping to win over more than friends — by convincing enterprises, investors, and skeptics alike that ROI, not AGI, is the smarter bet.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Prejudicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudicing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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