even-handed

Example Sentences

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Even-tempered and even-handed, he’s a good guide through the minefields of racial history — he keeps you from blowing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The first key part of this particular ruling suggests they will have to be even-handed in the way they deal with cases like this in future.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Countries with institutions that uphold law create predictability for investors and “inclusiveness”; even-handed legal institutions support equal opportunity for the many and encourage the innovation necessary for a society to thrive.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Ma Xiaolin, a Middle East expert and professor at Zhejiang International Studies University, said China was being even-handed between the Palestinians and Israel but if pushed, would side with its Arab partners.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2023

He “desists from threatening”; he treats his servants with even-handed justice, with fit courtesy and consideration.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.