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In JP Morgan's note, analysts said it estimated the "fair value" for oil in September would be around $90 a barrel, despite it trading above $100.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Entry-level jobs typically involve a fair amount of drudgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Let’s make the effort to ensure that these elections are fair, and that they deliver a clear verdict.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Deputy Public Defender Donna Tryfman said that although the allegations against Harrison are gruesome, her client still has a right to a fair trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was clear Specimen considered Jeremy's banishment from the contest fair punishment for getting the class in trouble to begin with.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
She didn’t want laws and social constructs to be fairer, less dangerous, more fulfilling for women as a concept; she wanted it for you, for me, for the lady in the back row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Calendar integration is one way that productivity trackers have gotten more advanced and, ostensibly, fairer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Government officials says the plan would "make bills fairer and more affordable while encouraging greater water efficiency".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
And Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth described them as "a milestone in delivering stronger protections and a fairer safety net for gig economy workers".
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The man in black was also left-handed and that warmed Inigo; it made things fairer.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
The fairest answer is that he was partly right, for reasons he did not fully understand, and he exaggerated the promise.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Welcome to Goodwood Festival of Speed, an annual four-day motorsports-apalooza where the fastest, fairest and most excessively expensive cars in the world compete for driveway bragging rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"With only a short amount of time to plan distributing the tickets, we decided that the fairest way was to open a ballot and allow all families a fair chance," Bielby explained.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
"It was a hard-fought game, the details led to Betis winning, I think a draw would have been fairest," Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo told Movistar.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
“The fairest one of all. I get it. But you just described like half a bajillion women.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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