be partial
Example Sentences
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Energy and energy-related equities can be partial hedges as oil prices and freight rates climb, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
In some cases, reconciliation might be partial - being able to go to the same family functions and be civil, for example.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
A sentence stating that The Washington Post doesn’t recognize brain death as a clear marker of death has also been updated to clarify that brain death can be partial.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022
"You're always going to be partial to the music that really defined the most impressionable parts of your life."
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022
The trouble is that the weakling must be partial; the work of one proving dank and depressing; of another, cheap and vulgar; of a third, epileptically sensual; of a fourth, sourly ascetic.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis