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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Recent Examples of prejudicing McIlrath said prosecutors and other investigating agencies are ethically prohibited from sharing information or making statements that could harm the fairness of legal process by influencing witnesses or prejudicing the grand jury. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 July 2026 Kenney and co-counsel Sheryl Leung objected to the request, calling it prior restraint on speech and arguing that the prosecution has not said anything publicly that could be seen as prejudicing potential jurors. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 While trying to clarify the results of the report to reporters, Ballard also referenced the strength of the state’s case against Tyler Robinson – statements the judge on Friday found risked prejudicing the jury pool. Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 26 June 2026 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. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prejudicing
Verb
  • Write the honest sentence, take the quiet walk, and tell the truth without decorating it for comfort or turning it into a joke today.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • If a state takes a position contrary to Beijing’s interests, China can tighten the screws on it by withholding spare parts, software updates, and technicians, turning a commercial partnership into a tool of leverage.
    Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Treating chains of thought too reverently — even when their results are verifiable — could also prevent scientists from discovering even better ways of biasing LRMs toward accurate outputs.
    John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • But both studies make critical errors that undermine their conclusions, biasing their findings against detecting any benefits of early intervention.
    Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Zoox successfully navigated the regulations by persuading the NHTSA to allow temporary permission.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This broader strategy also helps explain why persuading countries to avoid Chinese AI will likely prove considerably more difficult than Washington’s earlier campaign against Huawei and ZTE.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For Chan, success depends on convincing voters that the city’s challenges do not require abandoning the progressive politics that have long identified it.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Overconfidence sits on the other side of the same coin, convincing us that the view from our rung is the view of the whole ladder.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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“Prejudicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudicing. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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