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as in prejudice
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories
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as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind
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as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
made of fabric cut bias
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as in to turn
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 bias
Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
Similarly, Grok 4 may have had less emphasis on eliminating bias in its training or fewer safeguards in place to prevent such outputs.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 21 June 2025
Beware The Bias Beast: Actively Combating Cognitive Traps The Pitfall: Human beings are inherently biased, which can affect data collection, analysis and interpretation, leading to misguided product decisions.
—Ramalakshmi Murugan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Noun
The site has taken on topics such as DEI programs, transgender care and liberal bias in media and posted many pro-Israel articles.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
Similarly, Grok 4 may have had less emphasis on eliminating bias in its training or fewer safeguards in place to prevent such outputs.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Verb
According to Genzel, the relatively low quality of the data going into the model could have biased it in unexpected ways.
—Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 21 June 2025
Beware The Bias Beast: Actively Combating Cognitive Traps The Pitfall: Human beings are inherently biased, which can affect data collection, analysis and interpretation, leading to misguided product decisions.
—Ramalakshmi Murugan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias
Noun
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The film aims to capture not just the high-octane world of Formula One, but the deeply personal journey of a man who refused to let geography, economics, or prejudice limit his dreams.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 July 2025
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Dunnington also pointed out that the charges were dismissed without prejudice, meaning prosecutors could refile the charges.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Because many young parents grew up at a time when diseases like measles were not common, there can be a tendency to not recognize their seriousness.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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According to this report, such a tendency creates a false sense of immediacy, which can have a negative impact of real social relationships.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Adverb
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France is often associated with having an 'empty' middle, a strip of vast land that traverses the country diagonally (the 'diagonale du vide', the empty diagonal), which is less populated than its mountains or coastlines and has fewer infrastructure and services.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Anne Hathaway is the latest celebrity to wade into the cutout denim trend, stepping out on July 9 in a pair of Area jeans with a statement-making chainlink cutout running diagonally across the front.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Then, as the century turned, the boys were pushed aside by rough young men.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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But the show has also increasingly thrived on the odd-couple chemistry between co-creator Downs, who plays Hollywood’s gentlest manager, and breakout star Stalter as his assistant turned partner.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 July 2025
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But, actually, partiality is one of the reasons that scenarios are valuable.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
27 May 2025
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Murrow worked on Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign while at CBS, excusing his partiality as moral and intellectual superiority.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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At a June 5 press conference, one day after the General Assembly closed the regular 2024 session, the governor gave his strongest indication to date of an inclination to seek another four-year term with Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
3 July 2025
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At the Soul Train Awards in 1997, Da Brat arrived outfitted in a similarly referential look, but her look evoked tomboy inclinations.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
3 July 2025
Noun
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But the criticism of partisanship in late-night hosts generally ran in only one direction, and those hours became a mostly conservative-free zone.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
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This experiment in self-government is being challenged by bitter partisanship that make Americans on one side of the political divide view their opposites as enemies, not fellow citizens.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2025
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However, instead of removing the minerals from the water, these devices make the minerals soluble in the water.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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However, these incidents underscore the importance of regularly updating your devices to stay protected against evolving threats.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Bias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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