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fair

[fair] / fɛər /








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“They’re not doing this to make sure that there are free and fair elections,” said Eric J. Segall, a law professor at Georgia State University and an expert on the Supreme Court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

"As a matter of principle, we consistently hope that all parties can provide a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from all countries, including Chinese companies," she said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Now, this daughter of immigrants is responsible for reshaping the very system that brought them here decades ago – and doing so in a way that both her party and the country regard as fair.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

I don’t think it’s fair to change the terms of a gift years later, especially when the one person who could say what he meant isn’t here.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

It’s a fair point, but I grab two from the plate.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

For Richard, the hope is that by next year the system will be fairer and allow more farmers to access support for projects that benefit wildlife.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

That’s a fairer way to measure the returns of bond funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instead, the proposed framework emphasizes research led locally, greater investment in regional collections and scientific infrastructure, stronger taxonomic expertise, long-term monitoring, fairer international partnerships, and closer connections between scientists and decision-makers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

She didn’t want laws and social constructs to be fairer, less dangerous, more fulfilling for women as a concept; she wanted it for you, for me, for the lady in the back row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

‘What other fairer way would you desire?’ said Aragorn.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

“There are probably an infinite number of ways. I think the right question is: What is the right and fairest way to share the cost without unduly burdening anyone?”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The fairest answer is that he was partly right, for reasons he did not fully understand, and he exaggerated the promise.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Welcome to Goodwood Festival of Speed, an annual four-day motorsports-apalooza where the fastest, fairest and most excessively expensive cars in the world compete for driveway bragging rights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

"Our scheme is the quickest, fairest way to compensate consumers. It seems contradictory that organisations claiming to represent consumers would seek to delay payouts for millions of people," a spokeswoman for the regulator said.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

“We are turning our backs upon the fairest dream of civilization and are about to consign it to the dust,” Barrows read.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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