fairness
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"I do believe we need a greater sense of fairness."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The new prosecutor said that although the case “revealed a grave and very troubling picture,” the evidence was insufficient for conviction and the trial’s fairness was compromised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"This isn't really about winners and losers. It's about restoring fairness and putting right and wrong, genuine and fake, back into their proper place."
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
In this age of fairness and reason, it’s hard to imagine a government official misusing power to keep secrets, but I’m told it happens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was a girl older than she was, by three or four years, perhaps; and she had hair of a color Ama had never seen before—a tawny fairness like a lion’s.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing fairness
Journalism
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The Suffix -ness, Part 2
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