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as in prejudice
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories
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as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind
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as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
made of fabric cut bias
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as in to turn
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 bias
Daniel Eagan, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Beyond that, many labs are connected to law enforcement agencies, which experts say leads to bias and pressure to churn out results that solve cases quickly rather than follow national standards federal researchers have developed.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
Start by acknowledging and confronting your own unconscious biases, as these can easily seep into the datasets during data collection and labeling, thereby biasing the AI’s learning process itself.
—Prajeet Gadekar, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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As president of the BSC, Chris Ross said the guild has added initiatives to reduce unconscious bias and remove barriers that lead to lack of representation.
—Daniel Eagan, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Beyond that, many labs are connected to law enforcement agencies, which experts say leads to bias and pressure to churn out results that solve cases quickly rather than follow national standards federal researchers have developed.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Verb
Conspiracy theories that the government engineered the hurricane to bias the election and that personal property would be seized if Federal Emergency Management Agency funds aren’t paid back – both false – have taken hold.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
Start by acknowledging and confronting your own unconscious biases, as these can easily seep into the datasets during data collection and labeling, thereby biasing the AI’s learning process itself.
—Prajeet Gadekar, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Additionally, Manson is moving to terminate with prejudice his dust-up with Wood’s co-defendant Illma Gore.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be brought back to court after the prosecution exhausts its appeals.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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The mines also generate mountains of hazardous waste, stored behind dams that have a terrifying tendency to fail.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Philadelphia has less of an over tendency, with six of its 11 games going under the total.Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sign up But a 97-inch television is only scratching the surface of how big these devices can get; TCL has introduced a 115-inch television, while Samsung sells one that measures 146 inches — more than 12 feet across diagonally.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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But the star of the show here is the 24-inch display, which actually measures 23.5 inches diagonally and offers 4.5K (4,480-by-2,520-pixel) resolution.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Palm Springs hated his AIDS memorial design, but the artist turned the debacle into redemption.Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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As temperatures are actually starting to turn, this Black Friday clothing sale couldn’t come at a better time for those of us who weren’t prepared to face the elements.Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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These young professionals are known for their tech-savviness, desire for meaningful work and partiality for innovative workplaces.John Case, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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These initiatives provide a welcoming and supportive environment for every student without risking religious partiality.Charman Postel, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024
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In addition to evoking punk inclinations, this footwear option is designed with Moncler’s logo at the toe, elastic inserts at the front, and a rubber lug sole.Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 21 Nov. 2024
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Also Thursday morning, new data showed the number of initial jobless claims falling to 216,000 last week, the lowest since May, as the impact of hurricanes faded and employers showed little inclination to lay off workers.Neil Irwin, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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That pushes voters' overall evaluation of the economy slightly higher than it's been this year — and further spotlights how much partisanship, along with optimism, always plays into these evaluations.Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Neither do the psychologists and political scientists who have been tracking the country’s slide toward toxic levels of partisanship.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Some of the new security and privacy advances—live threat detection and cellular network defense, for example—may or may not hit Samsung devices on release.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Giant leaps forward have been made in cardiac devices, electrosurgical instruments and even nanobots.Jim Pursley, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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