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
  • The company frames it as a service, given the information overload most people find themselves in, and the unbiased goal of prediction markets.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • She is made superior simply by being a researcher, impartial observer, who must see without the prejudicial lens of her own culture and experience.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Credible, reliable and impartial evidence is the goal of legitimate science.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 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
  • The Blue Jackets had just gone through the motions in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals, committing 23 giveaways and totaling just three hits, a lifeless, disinterested — and sadly, fitting — end to the season.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The standoff springs from a dysfunctional relationship between Republican legislative leaders and a disinterested governor.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • There’s still time for an indifferent citizenry to get on board, to embrace NASA’s goals, to proceed into the future, to marvel at efforts to return to the lunar surface and, eventually, to chart the pathway to Mars.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Leo said that in a world hurt by wars and abuses, people need hope and peace, urging against growing accustomed to violence and indifferent to the death of tens of thousands.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 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
  • His background in writing for professionals in education and healthcare has honed his evenhanded and empathetic approach to delicate subjects.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 19 Nov. 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
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    Mark Travers, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The transaction is commercial, and thus the newsroom remains independent.
    Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026

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“Uninfluenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninfluenced. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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