1
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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2
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
Sarah A. Bell, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Rights advocates have also raised concerns about Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias during the Israel-Gaza war.
—Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Bondi issued a directive to review the federal prosecution of Trump as part of a broader initiative to overhaul the Department of Justice, which Trump has long claimed is biased against conservatives.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Tech corporations prioritize using our biases for their benefit, while dismissing the reinforcement of stereotypes as a cultural problem rather than a technological one.
—Sarah A. Bell, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Rights advocates have also raised concerns about Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias during the Israel-Gaza war.
—Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
So that won't bias my objective review of the facts.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Bondi issued a directive to review the federal prosecution of Trump as part of a broader initiative to overhaul the Department of Justice, which Trump has long claimed is biased against conservatives.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias
Noun
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In his ruling, the judge criticized the DOJ’s request to dismiss the case without prejudice, which would have allowed for future prosecution, CNBC reports.—
ESSENCE Editors,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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The dismissal of the case is with prejudice, meaning the corruption charges in the indictment may not be revived in the future.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Understanding Home Bias As mentioned before, home bias is the tendency to over-invest in your home country.—
Cicely Jones,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Traveling East might have been an appropriate tendency for early humans living in what is now Europe near the end of the Ice Age.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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Oblique fracture: The break slants diagonally across the bone.—
Maggie Aime, MSN,
Health,
25 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Ryan Coogler first turned heads with his 2013 debut Fruitvale Station, a shattering account of a fatal shooting that presaged the surge of the Black Lives Matter movement.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Rinna turned Wednesday’s H&M & LA event in Los Angeles into a family affair, attending the event alongside her daughters Delilah Belle and Amelia Gray Hamlin.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the handbag was invented, experimented with and refined before women received pocket partiality.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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So, Hunt’s partiality for turtlenecks has now become the official look for player headshots over the past two decades.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Stolarz’s inclination to shout instructions at teammates on the ice, often with serious levels of hostility in the name of competition, comes to him naturally.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs are designed for a combination of reasons, including protecting domestic markets; inviting foreign investment; and becoming more effective using capabilities, inclinations, and talents in other parts of the world.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Like in the United Kingdom and Germany, young voters are disproportionately likely to be dissatisfied with mainstream parties and their partisanship is dramatically weaker.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The power of ethics committees to investigate and bring censure or expulsion measures to the floor is significant, but recent use has been rare and, in some cases, motivated by partisanship.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The combination of IoT and AI enables connected devices to collect, analyze and act on data in real-time.—
Rahul Saluja,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The ability to use these features across multiple Apple devices ensures continuity and accessibility in various situations, from phone calls to in-person conversations.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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