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as in beauty
the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
a city of incomparable fairness, Venice has enchanted travelers for centuries
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as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
fairness was certainly uppermost in the elderly woman's mind as she made arrangements for dividing the family heirlooms among her many grandchildren
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Recent Examples of fairness
The letter began by talking about fairness and following the law in elections.
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Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
Hudson gave up a grand slam to Anthony Volpe (who, in fairness, bats right-handed).
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Survey respondents rate justices on a five-point scale, assessing legal ability, integrity and judicial temperament and procedural fairness.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Artificial Integrity systems would proactively address potential biases (ex-ante) and evaluate the fairness of its outcomes (ex-post), making fair, inclusive hiring recommendations that respect diversity and equal opportunity values.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
Hudson gave up a grand slam to Anthony Volpe (who, in fairness, bats right-handed).
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Survey respondents rate justices on a five-point scale, assessing legal ability, integrity and judicial temperament and procedural fairness.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Artificial Integrity systems would proactively address potential biases (ex-ante) and evaluate the fairness of its outcomes (ex-post), making fair, inclusive hiring recommendations that respect diversity and equal opportunity values.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
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That’s the beauty of following your own IT professional development path.Al Kingsley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The beauty about Netflix and these platforms is everything’s available, and people are not afraid to read subtitles and watch something with subtitles.Max Gao, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Two similar documents listed for thousands of dollars earlier this year: A Franklin letter about the American Revolution asked $120,000, while a copy of George Washington’s neutrality proclamation signed by Alexander Hamilton was valued at $58,000.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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To be clear: What Bezos and Soon-Shiong did here, under a guise of neutrality, is take a very loud position.Allison Morrow, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Reality check: Most major newspapers and regional chains have stopped presidential endorsements, citing everything from objectivity, lack of resources, failing trust in media and potential fallout that hurts the bottom line.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Remind yourself that every market and customer brings a unique objectivity and that the reality is this is a non-linear, iterative process with continuous evolution.Mustansir Paliwala, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2016
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“Fairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairness. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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