bias
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Naicker and his team faced allegations of bias, that they were somehow part of an orchestrated plot to take down the Australians.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
Becerra’s critics subscribe to “this very American bias that an immigrant only moves once to the U.S., the land of opportunity, of hope — all that mythology,” Gradilla continued.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 7, 2026
The board, to set be established within 180 days of closing, will have authority to resolve disputes between journalists and management over alleged violations of editorial standards, including reporting bias and fairness.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
The researchers also note that food frequency questionnaires rely on participants accurately remembering what they ate, which can introduce recall bias.
From Science Daily β Oct. 1, 2026
He had to travel northward with a bias to the east, and he would be in Mossville sooner or later—with luck, in less than a day.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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The findings also demonstrate why scientists must draw on several independent methods when reconstructing population histories, particularly when written records are incomplete, unreliable, or shaped by historical biases.
From Science Daily β Oct. 14, 2026
Oblivious to her own biases about who Leo is and why, Mallory poses as a therapist keen on saving his life, but uses their faux sessions to mine his story for literary gold.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 15, 2026
But there are also concerns about AI models making wrong decisions as a result of biases in the patient data used to train them, and incorrect medical advice being given by AI chatbots.
From BBC β Sep. 10, 2026
But all inevitably carry their own biases, and none have the intimate understanding, sustained commitment or enduring responsibility that parents have for their children.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 13, 2026
And these differ from each other, sometimes dramatically, reflecting the authors’ biases and ignorance, and their informants’ manipulation of history to cast a flattering light on their family lines.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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With most of its population crowded along the U.S. border, economic gravity has always biased Canadian growth along north-south rather than east-west lines.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
However, those associations have generally been modest, and scientists have not been sure whether biased attention contributes to depression or develops because of it.
From Science Daily β Sep. 29, 2026
“The Department takes allegations of discriminatory or biased conduct seriously,” the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 4, 2026
The experts I spoke with offered guidance on how to tell if your therapist is giving biased advice and what to do about it.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 22, 2026
We sought review in the Alabama Supreme Court and won a new trial based on the trial judge's refusal to exclude people from jury service who were biased and could not be impartial.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Of course, one particular woman's opinion of her may very likely be biassed.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
I venture to think that no painter, however modern, and no critic, however biassed, could stand in front of that little portrait head in the Tate Gallery and honestly refrain from admiration and respect.
From John Pettie, R.A., H.R.S.A. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work by Martin Hardie
The History is defective in its lack of objectivity; Graetz’s judgments are sometimes biassed, and in particular he lacks sympathy with mysticism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
These ideas gained wide acceptance in literary circles and gradually biassed the popular taste to such an extent that learned pedants could boast, like Khalíl b.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
That Mr. Wallace himself should be biassed in this matter might, perhaps, be expected.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes
That smaller sample means certain demographic groups may be over- or under-covered, biasing the total estimates.
From Slate β Sep. 17, 2026
While not all participants had pets of their own, their fondness for animals likely motivated their willingness to participate in the experiment, potentially biasing the results.
From Science Daily β Mar. 13, 2024
Bullard said it's not just inflation biasing the Fed toward more action.
From Reuters β Sep. 14, 2023
Generated text can be watermarked by secretly tagging a subset of words and then biasing the selection of a word to be a synonymous tagged word.
From Salon β Apr. 6, 2023
What are the results of such methods of biasing the mind?
From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature by Emma Goldman
Even if he was going to revise his views, was it right, was it candid, was it loyal to the truth, that he should revise them under the biassing influence of Meenie's eyes?
From Strange Stories by Grant Allen
But the truth is that, if we set aside matters of trivial import, the enormous majority of human judgments are those into which the biassing power off likes and dislikes more or less largely enters.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
He did not," he said, "state the impression upon his own mind with the purpose of biassing theirs.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
Still the attitude created by the Tubingen theory largely persists as a biassing element in much that is written about Acts.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
However, this is beside the question; and I want to avoid biassing your decision in any way.
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by William Heysham Overend
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