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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
Asking for fairness, the state workers who gathered outside the Caltrans headquarters across from the Capitol delivered a petition, urging the department to reconsider allowing exceptions to the telework policy.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Also, officially, Bermudez agrees to the fairness of the $5,000 fine; $2,684 reimbursement of department case costs; and continuing medical education courses in risk management (five hours); vascular surgery (three hours) and perioperative medicine (three hours).
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
To restore fairness, the city should impose an additional tax on whole-home short-term rental businesses.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Questions of fairness aside, Pon does not advise changing your financial plans based on the idea that this bill is going to pass as is anytime soon.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 14 May 2025
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Also, officially, Bermudez agrees to the fairness of the $5,000 fine; $2,684 reimbursement of department case costs; and continuing medical education courses in risk management (five hours); vascular surgery (three hours) and perioperative medicine (three hours).
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
To restore fairness, the city should impose an additional tax on whole-home short-term rental businesses.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Questions of fairness aside, Pon does not advise changing your financial plans based on the idea that this bill is going to pass as is anytime soon.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
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Both are powerful spots of natural beauty and deep cultural significance, but for a less solemn outing, the little islet of Ojima sits neatly between the two.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2025
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Age before beauty To obtain an approximate age for a young crescent moon, simply add the number of hours or days that have elapsed from the time of new moon through the date and time of sunset at your location on a particular evening.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 May 2025
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Foundation director resigns over neutrality The foundation is off to a rocky start.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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The company’s goal is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
27 May 2025
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Richards’s convictions, and his aspirations for psychedelics, prompt questions about the objectivity of such research.—
Michael Pollan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The implementation of data analytics allows investors to make more informed decisions, reduce dependence on the human factor and increase the objectivity of their assessments.—
Dmitrii Khasanov,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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As a consequence, its countries are practiced in the art of strategic hedging and are predisposed to neutralism and nonalignment, owing to their colonial histories.—
David Shambaugh,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Dec. 2020
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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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“Fairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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