fair
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While 49% of respondents said they expected the elections to be free and fair, 23% said they did not expect them to be, and 28% said they didn’t know what to expect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
To be fair, I don’t know how a quiet-phone rule is supposed to be enforced, short of officers patrolling trains all day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
These are fair questions the film never bothers to consider, instead favoring inert dialogue and needle drops that tell the audience when they’re supposed to be moved.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
We have also to be fair with them and to congratulate Madrid for the job done on this side.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The trade was never fair, but I never argued.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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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
"Sometimes that's deemed unfair in the practice so a total ban of prescribing testosterone can happen so that the workload is fairer," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Calendar integration is one way that productivity trackers have gotten more advanced and, ostensibly, fairer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Taking the forest road, they swiftly passed from the mountainous wasteland of Endovier and into fairer country.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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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
Back in Kent, the decision to get the snip felt like the fairest and most effective form of contraception available to Alex and his wife.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He expressed concerns over the new investigation and said the league was happy to show that its media model is the fairest among major sports leagues, one of these people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
After the victory, Newsom touted California’s approach as the fairest possible: giving the choice to voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Seven sons had been born to her, brave and beautiful young men, and seven daughters, the fairest of the fair.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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