1
as in distorted
inclined to favor one side over another
that judge is always partial to the defense, so be careful
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2
as in inclined
having a liking or affection
partial to chocolate cake
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3
as in incomplete
lacking some necessary part
a partial answer to the problem
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Recent Examples of partial
Even this partial rollback shows that reformers aren’t powerless.
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Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
There are also 19 state parks with complete or partial 2025 season closures left this season, as the DNR works on updates across the state park system.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
The mare basalts, derived from the partial melting of lunar mantle rocks, are the main targets selected for this study.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025
The partial reopening amends Brown’s executive order from Friday, which prohibited all recreational, commercial and navigational use of Lake Travis waterways.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025
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Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
There are also 19 state parks with complete or partial 2025 season closures left this season, as the DNR works on updates across the state park system.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
The mare basalts, derived from the partial melting of lunar mantle rocks, are the main targets selected for this study.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025
The partial reopening amends Brown’s executive order from Friday, which prohibited all recreational, commercial and navigational use of Lake Travis waterways.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partial
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As a result, the protective force field scientists call the magnetosphere became distorted and leaky.—
Raven Garvey,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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Neither their rangers nor their exhibits should be intimidated into parroting a sanitized and distorted version of the nation’s past.—
John Lawrence,
Twin Cities,
18 July 2025
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That final point is important — at this stage of pre-season, Arsenal are not inclined to take risks with players’ fitness.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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The politically inclined comedians are media veterans, having fought on the same side of many wars.—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
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Sandbox testing with dummy data doesn't reveal how agents behave when faced with the messy realities of actual business operations, like incomplete datasets, legacy system quirks or the subtle contextual cues that guide human decision making.—
Olga Megorskaya,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Or rather, its erasure is complex and, as with Mike Gold’s prescient trip to the suburbs, part of a larger ideological and material project that included an incomplete but nonetheless wide incorporation of immigrant Jewish life into dominant American ideas of race, politics, and identity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Five days later, on July 8, an attorney for the city manager submitted a letter of potential claim against the city citing defamation, harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.—
Anita Edmondson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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In early October 2022, the ruling said, McCarty filed a hostile work environment complaint with the police department.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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Many street photographers prefer rangefinders because their viewfinders show more than what an attached lens captures, which is handy for anticipating subjects entering or exiting the frame.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 July 2025
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The Nashville Public Library’s main branch in downtown Nashville was slated to reopen at the end of July, more than a month after a fire broke out in the attached parking garage.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 July 2025
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The new instructions tell it to assume some media information is biased.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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The case of Amazon’s AI recruiting tool, which was found to disadvantage female applicants due to biased training data, remains a cautionary example.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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But rough as that experience must have been, Dacus revealed in Milwaukee that couch shows like that one have since become a fond memory.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Mohegan Sun Arena holds fond memories for the former Huskies’ standout, who had some of the best games of her UConn career on the court in Uncasville.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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The churlish comments appeared to have come from conservative activists, or from bots on social media that generate partisan messages, still chafing that Burrows ascended to the speaker's desk with the support of more Democratic House members than Republicans.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In contrast, Wisconsin's partisan primaries require voters to choose one political party and vote for candidates only within that party.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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“Partial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partial. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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