as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces
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or biassed
as in prejudiced
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors
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Recent Examples of biased
Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Ethical And Security Challenges For all its promise, AGI comes with significant risks:
• Bias And Inequality: If trained on biased data, AGI could reinforce societal inequalities, from hiring discrimination to resource allocation.
—Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit claims that the revocation is unlawful, politically motivated, racially biased, and part of a broader pattern of discrimination against non-European and non-white immigrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
It’s become too politically biased and lost its original goal of being funny.
—Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Corpus has rejected calls to resign and dismissed the investigation led by Cordell as biased and politically motivated.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Ethical And Security Challenges For all its promise, AGI comes with significant risks:
• Bias And Inequality: If trained on biased data, AGI could reinforce societal inequalities, from hiring discrimination to resource allocation.
—Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit claims that the revocation is unlawful, politically motivated, racially biased, and part of a broader pattern of discrimination against non-European and non-white immigrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
It’s become too politically biased and lost its original goal of being funny.
—Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
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However, the less-than-truckload (LTL) provider won a partial victory in that battle in February, as Goldblatt ruled that the funds set the company’s withdrawal liability too high.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Mar. 2025
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However, before that, on March 29, a partial solar eclipse — the sister celestial event of the total lunar eclipse — will occur and be seen from North America (though only from northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada) and Europe.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The set-up has grown increasingly hostile over time, and became an impassible roadblock when the Lerner family tried to sell the Nationals back in 2022.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Prince overcame the hostile environment and kept TCU afloat during the first quarter when the Horned Frogs struggled to find their footing offensively.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the photos are rarely seen, including some of distorted celebrity photos that were commissioned by major magazines.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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After losing his wife and creative partner, Mimi Parker, to cancer, ending the band Low, Alan Sparhawk wades through distorted solo songs of grief at Elsewhere (April 2).—
Shauna Lyon,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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But now Miami would have to be convinced of bringing in the 31-year-old Beal, who, by picking up his $57 million player option for 2026-27, is still owed $110 million for two seasons after this one.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Once and for all, you will be convinced that ranch and pickles are the perfect pairing.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Algorithmic recommendation engines that power everything from X to YouTube can even contribute to a slow-burn destabilization of American society by shoving consumers into partisan echo chambers that increase polarization and erode social trust.—
Seth Ashley,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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The federal government was small by modern standards, but President Jackson’s appointment of loyalists as federal land agents and postmasters meant that political appointees had power to allocate lucrative land sales in the frontier and distribute partisan newspapers.—
Yong Kwon / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ivana persuaded him to drop his matching plum-colored suits and shoes back in the late ‘70s.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Borges also persuaded the detective ultimately responsible for Muller’s arrest, Misty Carausu, to come.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Desiree confronts the prejudiced church pastor in a clash that’s not truly resolved.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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The sudden shift flummoxed the music industry, which had inherited a profoundly prejudiced business structure from the totalizing predation of Jim Crow.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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