fair share

noun

: a reasonable amount
He gets his fair share of attention, too.

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Harold Singh, material damage claims quality control manager at Erie Insurance in Erie, Pennsylvania (which sees its fair share of snow and ice), is Team Lift. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025 Palantir has had its fair share of choppiness this year, falling more than 10% on multiple single trading days. Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2025 The two have had their fair share of incidents, both on the court and in the locker room, during 11 years together. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025 San Francisco Ballet principal ballerinas Madeline Woo and Nikisha Fogo have performed in their fair share of Nutcrackers — both of them growing up as dancers and performing the show professionally many times over. Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair share

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“Fair share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20share. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

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