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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
But failing to consider input from victims—whose lives have been permanently affected—before privately choreographing an outcome lacks empathy and fairness.
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Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
This isn’t banned, but there are strict rules, such as on the technical side to ensure fairness.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
When fairness is questioned, the credibility of the entire system is at state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Where fairness is required, especially when individuals are vulnerable, consequences are high and public discourse is polarized.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
This isn’t banned, but there are strict rules, such as on the technical side to ensure fairness.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
When fairness is questioned, the credibility of the entire system is at state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Where fairness is required, especially when individuals are vulnerable, consequences are high and public discourse is polarized.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness
Noun
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That’s the beauty of capitalism.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The best Korean lip tints are—and have been—at the top of their game, and as a beauty editor who almost exclusively wears them, this story practically writes itself.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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American militia sought revenge for these raids, skeptical of Christian Indians’ claims of neutrality as the war ground on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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Because of that connection, Morley said courts could potentially apply the same neutrality principles to ballot language that affects congressional redistricting.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But objectivity is the opposite of Hegseth’s intent.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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This acknowledgment of reader subjectivity is in the spirit of Sloan’s work, in contrast to the traditional critic’s standpoint of an objectivity that has never really existed, that often only serves to obscure whiteness, masculinity, and wealth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Questions have been raised about the attractiveness of the region as a location for Big Tech investments after Iran targeted an Amazon data center in the country, disrupting cloud services.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2026
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Will Arnett appears in the last two episodes as an unorthodox — think Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People, only less Jewish — New York City shrink whose attractiveness everybody randomly comments on, almost-but-not-quite saving the urban portions of those episodes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Scholl was a walking catalogue who brought his journalistic objectiveness to preservation, Matuszewicz said.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After the opening of their downtown Bleecker Street location, this move uptown feels like a natural evolution—bridging easygoing California elegance with a sense of East Coast prim and polish.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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Nothing says easy elegance quite like a French manicure.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
17 Mar. 2026
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Friendly or the blank politeness of impartiality?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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The new criteria includes failure to exercise impartiality in prosecutions; failure to strictly comply with the State Bar of Georgia’s code of professional conduct; failure to comply with open records laws; and failure to comply with discovery procedures.—
David Wickert,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Fairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairness. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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