as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
a parti pris interpretation of the causes of the war
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as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the longer a president is dead, the better we are able to evaluate without parti pris his political achievements
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Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
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Whereas Galgut’s clarity of vision can seem sometimes almost unworldly, Diski is nothing if not parti pris.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
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His father was a partial owner of a lumber company, his mother, the town clerk.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Ripple, the largest holder of XRP coins, scored a partial victory last summer after a three-year legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
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Playing a disfigured killer, who makes a maximum impact with limited screen time, Cage might actually be able to break the genre bias for his performance.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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What’s more haunting is if generational stereotypes get in the way of learning—for example, the notion that Boomers are not accepting of AI, which is based in bias, not fact.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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However, over time, the courts continued to become more hostile, arguing that things are unconstitutional in legislatures and challenging them in courts was no longer advancing a progressive agenda.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Being hostile to crypto could chip away at the U.S. dollar’s dominance as the world’s major global reserve asset.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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This increases the possibility that the product will be successful in a variety of markets and lessens the possibility of inadvertent prejudice or oversight that could end up alienating certain customer segments.David Hengartner, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Measures like insuring that a soror’s skin color is no darker than a paper bag may have fallen out of fashion, but more insidious forms of prejudice persist.Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Some of these tendencies are biological, logical, and/or convenient.Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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This approach counters a tendency among patients to breathe shallowly, Dorney-Koppel says.Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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The interior is finished in timber and ply, and looks attractive and light-filled.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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The interior is accessed by a glass sliding door and has oak flooring and birch ply walls, with a floorspace of only 12.5 sq m (almost 135 sq ft), all of which is arranged on one floor.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Parti pris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parti%20pris. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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