be partial
Example Sentences
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Energy and energy-related equities can be partial hedges as oil prices and freight rates climb, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
There will be partial restrictions on travellers from another seven countries, including Cuban and Venezuelan nationals.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
He's a Montana man who longs for his ranch, so it follows that he'd be partial to home-cooked meals prepared with natural-as-possible ingredients.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2023
A sentence stating that The Washington Post doesn’t recognize brain death as a clear marker of death has also been updated to clarify that brain death can be partial.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022
But Garibaldi was said to be partial to youngsters, and he liked the activity of the boys, who, he declared, fought as well as men.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville