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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

Last month, he suggested that Cannon's "partiality" would get her removed from the case.

From Salon May 23, 2024

Ms. Soderstrom faced removal from the bench for gross neglect of duty, gross partiality in office and other judicial conduct prohibited by the state’s Constitution.

From New York Times Feb. 10, 2024

In his play The Frogs, the conservative Aristophanes makes repeated sneering references to Euripides’ partiality for books.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

As the love for Clotilde deepens, he must destroy these partialities for Agnola and Joachime.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various

I offer no objection to these partialities; but I entertain an individual preference for volumes chosen from nearly all branches of the belles lettres, each for its own sake.

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt

There was no hysterical railing about the partialities of men for men in the administering of law and the interpretation of the rights of citizenship.

From The Co-Citizens by Corra Harris




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