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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

Having Cannon presiding over this case “might create an appearance of partiality in the mind of the public,” Routh’s attorney said, according to CNN.

From Slate Dec. 21, 2024

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

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

She expressed concerns about how the media attention surrounding the case will affect the partiality of the jurors.

From Seattle Times Feb. 29, 2024

All John Reed’s violent tyrannies, all his sisters’ proud indifference, all his mother’s aversion, all the servants’ partiality, turned up in my disturbed mind like a dark deposit in a turbid well.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

Can he prove that worms, insects, zoophytes, that possess only what is called a ganglionic system, are strangers to instinctive fears and partialities?

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The same fact attaching itself to different localities and persons—probably according to the caprice or partialities of the several narrators—is, as he has found in the course of his researches, no unusual occurrence.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby

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




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