as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces
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or biassed
as in prejudiced
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 biased
Samantha N. Melendez, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
Corpus, the county’s first Latina sheriff, has pushed back on removal efforts, calling them biased and politically motivated.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Rosen blasted criticism from Trump supporters who allege the juries were biased or the prosecutions were politicized.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 June 2025
Dating back to his first campaign in 2016, Trump questioned whether one judge was biased against him because of their Mexican heritage.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 31 May 2025
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Adjective
This means results about and interpretations of human psychology are ultimately limited and biased.
—Samantha N. Melendez, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
Corpus, the county’s first Latina sheriff, has pushed back on removal efforts, calling them biased and politically motivated.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Rosen blasted criticism from Trump supporters who allege the juries were biased or the prosecutions were politicized.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 June 2025
Dating back to his first campaign in 2016, Trump questioned whether one judge was biased against him because of their Mexican heritage.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
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Trump issued partial travel suspensions for foreign nationals from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Panthers take first penalty, Edmonton gets its first goal Seconds after Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard air mailed a partial breakaway, he got slashed by Sam Bennett.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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That’s coupled with a more hostile political environment for diversity-forward businesses.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The crowd was right on top of you there, the students rimmed the court, the very definition of a hostile environment.—
Jim Calhoun with Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Higher wattages make louder and less distorted sounds possible without damaging the speaker.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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The software error could cause the review camera image to become distorted when the car is in reverse, the NHTSA says.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Verb
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But now Miami would have to be convinced of bringing in the 31-year-old Beal, who, by picking up his $57 million player option for 2026-27, is still owed $110 million for two seasons after this one.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Once and for all, you will be convinced that ranch and pickles are the perfect pairing.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Still, there was a partisan split on the question, with 44% of Republicans saying that funding should be ended, just 19% say it should be continued, and 37% are not sure..—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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That necessitates building partisan and international consensuses, which appear elusive in Trumpworld, in order to keep the project alive through changes in political control of the White House and Congress.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Our publicist persuaded the New York Times to do an article on the hundredth anniversary of La Bohème and its staying power as reflected by Rent.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Convinced that sunken treasures were hidden beneath what was about to become three high-rise buildings, the amateur river detectives donned hard hats and persuaded a backhoe operator to let them onto the site.—
Kinsey Gidick,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is back in business in Texas after the state removed it from a blacklist of financial firms that Republican officials deemed to be prejudiced against the oil and gas industry.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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Caton’s attorneys filed to dismiss the charges after Oleson was disbarred from practicing law in Idaho, arguing that continuing with the case was improper and prejudiced their client.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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