even-handed
Example Sentences
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Even-tempered and even-handed, he’s a good guide through the minefields of racial history — he keeps you from blowing up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
Countries with institutions that uphold law create predictability for investors and “inclusiveness”; even-handed legal institutions support equal opportunity for the many and encourage the innovation necessary for a society to thrive.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
“The Germans are fairly even-handed about it - there is a limit though.”
From BBC • May 7, 2024
In March, retiring Judge Clifton Newman received praise for his even-handed demeanor throughout the highly watched six-week murder trial of Alex Murdaugh.
From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2023
That pose of cool and calm deliberation, of even-handed justice, of godlike inflexibility, has always seemed to us unbecoming in a parent.
From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood
