fair share

noun

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

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Reid and star tight end Travis Kelce have had their fair share of heated moments together. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025 The 52-year-old actress is known to fans as the free-spirited Lynn Ann Searcy on the sitcom, and has had her fair share of favorite moments from the series, which aired for eight seasons from September 2000 to February 2008. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025 The assumption here is that people making over $176,000 per year can just as easily afford to pay their fair share. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025 He's also done a fair share of voice work in the Air Buddies franchise (2006–2012), Fairfax (2021–2022), and the video game The Quarry (2022). Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 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 24 Sep. 2025.

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