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partiality

[pahr-shee-al-i-tee, pahr-shal-] / ˌpɑr ʃiˈæl ɪ ti, pɑrˈʃæl- /


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"There is no evidence of bad faith, malice, corruption, fraud, partiality, or any want of integrity on the part of Referee Mark Lyson," the commission added.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Despite Cannon’s partiality so far, we should not write off this prospect until we see what happens.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

Thus, judicial remarks during the course of a trial that are critical or disapproving of, or even hostile to, counsel, the parties, or their cases, ordinarily do not support a bias or partiality challenge.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2023

“The I.R.S. is not aware of any reports of improper bias or partiality in the conduct of an officeholder’s examination in the more than 40-year history of the mandatory procedures,” it said.

From New York Times Dec. 21, 2022

Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Out of all the bizarre vampire partialities presented as humdrum on "What We Do In the Shadows," the Staten Island housemates' unconventional, looser approach to intimacy is distinctive if not singular.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2023

They inevitably involve "animosities, partialities, influence and interest."

From Time Magazine Archive

She has, besides, all the little partialities of a woman who delights in the beauty of the innocent flower and in perfumes of Arabia.

From Shakespeare in the Theatre by William Poel

"Is it a natural consequence, that, when benevolence becomes universal, personal affections and partialities wither in proportion?"

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers

It has no capricious distinctions, no partialities, and no mysteries.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake




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