uninfluenced

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Recent Examples of uninfluenced But levying strict discipline has so far been football’s most visible attempt to ensure the competition on the field is fair and uninfluenced, a key to maintaining consumer confidence. Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 1 July 2023 Frosh said his reason for not confirming the names associated with cases under review is that the process must remain uninfluenced by grieving families or police officers. Jim Axelrod, Andy Bast, Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022 Authentic just means uninfluenced, right? Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 19 May 2022 Some cities see homicide rates decline until the lockdowns, and then rise; some see declines during the lockdowns and spikes when the protests start; some experience homicide rates that are higher than past years over the whole year, seemingly uninfluenced by lockdowns or protests. John Pfaff, The New Republic, 21 June 2021 His travels, in many ways, unearthed a living archive because some of the remote ranchos and missions seemed caught in a time warp, occupied by succeeding generations of families living the same lifestyle and seemingly uninfluenced by the outside world. Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2020 What other body would be likely to feel confidence enough in its own situation, to preserve, unawed and uninfluenced, the necessary impartiality between an individual accused, and the representatives of the people, his accusers? Adam White, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninfluenced
Adjective
  • Fundamentally, one analyst said, a Factbook assembled by a government agency with secret agendas and shadowy methods might never have been unbiased in the first place.
    Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The story shot across social media, with Reddit users pointing each other to archived Factbooks and racing to set up and identify other sources of unbiased information that might suffice.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Panama Canal Authority charges fees based on the size and type of ships that are using the waterway and rates are uniform, impartial, and non-discriminatory , according to the European Parliamentary Research Service.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Lutes allegedly violated this ban by preventing an impartial investigation of his son’s alleged insubordination.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Only 43 percent of respondents think the charges against Trump will be adjudicated fairly by a neutral judge and an unprejudiced jury.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Bheem’s courtship of the governor’s unprejudiced niece (a charming Oliva Morris), which provides some comic relief, not that anything in the film is really meant to be taken seriously.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2022
Adjective
  • Granted, there is altogether too much sizing up of others’ appearances, and not all of it is positive and disinterested.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Chicago extended its lead to 66-37 by halftime and 100-63 by the end of the third against a Wizards team that appeared disinterested on defense.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Leon bemoans, earning hearty laughter from the indifferent crowd.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Solving difficult medical cases matters, but so does the trust the process restores in a health system many patients experience as rushed, fragmented, and indifferent.
    Alexandra Sifferlin, STAT, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The biography is presented as a clear-eyed and evenhanded examination of Reid’s complex legacy that neither whitewashes his methods nor diminishes his accomplishments.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Sam Tanenhaus brings the iconic figure to life in this evenhanded, insightful, and well-written biography.
    Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • But the social psychologists who catapulted to prominence in the early two-thousands were less interested in the richer concept of eudaemonia and more interested in a thinner, hollower, and vastly more individualistic enterprise of happiness, of simply feeling good.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • If society is too individualistic, shift a bit over and nurture community.
    David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • My administration will establish clear policy that bans deputy gangs and gang-like behavior, protect whistleblowers, and create safe, independent channels to report misconduct.
    Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Legislators should demand independent safety data, not industry assurances, before opening Chicago’s streets to widespread autonomous vehicle deployment.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026

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“Uninfluenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninfluenced. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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