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as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
partiality blinded the administrator to the benefits of the proposed system for distributing work
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2
as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a person with an unfortunate partiality for jumping to conclusions
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3
as in liking
positive regard for something
a partiality toward outdoor sports of all kinds
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By the time Botha took the helm of Sequoia as its senior steward in July 2022, the firm’s decision-making ethos mirrored Botha’s partiality to making tough calls.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
This type of partiality, termed taxonomic bias, isn’t unique.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2024
Soderstrom should be removed for reasons that include gross neglect of duty, gross partiality in office and oppression in office, Kane wrote.
—Ken Miller, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
For Saturday's annular eclipse, areas between Eugene and Medford in Oregon will see the eclipse during the mid-morning when 1 hour and 9 minutes of partiality will give way to the ring of fire at about 9:15 a.m. local time.
—Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2023
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Musk quickly sued the commission, accusing it of political bias and exceeding its authority.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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There are also other valid concerns about AI power demands and AI bias.David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Looking elegantly windblown in a sweater, her mass of hair cascading like the precious garland of some Irish deity, Farrow has a tendency to trail off in conversation.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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There was a tendency in the local scene toward one-upmanship in terms of how many cylinders a builder could wedge into these machines, and at some point Whitelock decided to take the idea to its logical conclusion and end the arms race once and for all.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sending a strong message will ensure any changes that transpire are to your liking.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Top with crispy tortilla strips, extra cheese, cilantro, and sour cream to your liking.Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 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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The same was true in HandBrake, as well as Geekbench, which measures overall aptitude at daily productivity tasks.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Which is where Josephina shows her natural aptitude for the job, owning a standing target at the firing range and demonstrating a rapid-fire mastery of boots-on-the-ground directives in the noise-torture obstacle course or whatever.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Just as there are no excuses for the Aston Martin team’s performance against best-in-the-world rivals at Formula 1 race tracks, so there can be none in showroom competition against the likes of McLaren and Ferrari.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Wise’s roster of banking partners has grown to more than 90 names, including the like of Monzo, Google Pay and Interactive Brokers.Robert Olsen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The truncated 2024 campaign has been visible through a lens fractured by partisanship and new media, in which three dimensions become two.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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However, this election could be different, with voters prioritizing other issues or partisanship over any economic gains, a recent swing state survey from bill pay network Doxo indicated.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Smullen’s inclinations here reek of resentment rather than a healthier competitiveness that would drive him to bring a solid case against his main suspect.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Although the natural inclination is to think of a marathon as something done on foot, or by people who are known as ambulatory, the NYC Marathon does have a program for the race that’s inclusive of wheelchair users.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Partiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partiality. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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