1
as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
the judge considered both sides of the argument with equity
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2
as in justice
the practice of giving to others what is their due
basic to the notion of equity is the principle that all people are of equal standing in the eyes of the law
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Recent Examples of equity
Most pay equity advocates are glad men's earnings have increased, said Katherine Gallagher Robbins, senior research fellow for the National Partnership for Women & Families.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Across Canada’s arts and culture sector, the report points to stark equity gaps.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Beyond individual player-rights issues, the legal mechanics of franchise sales and relocations came up, but private equity buyers and sovereign wealth funds were yet to be dreamt of.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Another major issue with relying on elevated CA-125 levels has to do with equity.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2025
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Across Canada’s arts and culture sector, the report points to stark equity gaps.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Beyond individual player-rights issues, the legal mechanics of franchise sales and relocations came up, but private equity buyers and sovereign wealth funds were yet to be dreamt of.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Another major issue with relying on elevated CA-125 levels has to do with equity.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equity
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Butera’s neutrality proposal, if approved by shareholders, would have prohibited Tesla leadership from making political statements, endorsements, or contributions in support or opposition to political parties or candidates.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The rise in neutrality from 50% to nearly 60% in just a year is barely a cause for corporate complacency.—
Arafat Kabir,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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And in March the justices turned down a request by Republican attorneys general to stop climate lawsuits filed by states including California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Rhode Island.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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In a case before the Supreme Court last year, the justices unanimously found that the gun group’s First Amendment rights were violated when New York state officials coerced private companies into blacklisting it.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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The problem here is that in the real world, factual accuracy is the bedrock of journalism, and objectivity would be a close second.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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These effects remained true regardless of factors like task complexity, objectivity or reliability.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Iran has executed a man accused of spying for Israel, Iranian state media reported, after the rights group Amnesty International said the man, Babak Shahbazi, had been sentenced to death in an unfair trial marred by allegations of torture.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The attorney general faced immense backlash from the left and the right over her comments, prompting her to clarify the remarks, which were widely interpreted as calling for unlawful prosecutions, on Tuesday morning.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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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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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.—
Leo Robson,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2016
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“Equity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equity. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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