fair
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There’s been a lot of that going around, to be fair.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Stetson did what he could,’” McVay said, “I think it is important to be able to get a fair opportunity for those guys to run the offense with enough snaps.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
And, to be fair, they have a bit of time until they face the public again.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rheinmetall has been making ammo since before World War I, and presumably its factories produced their fair share of the shells still lurking in Germany’s soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“London bridge is falling down, my fair lady.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The reforms made the system "fairer for taxpayers across the country", ministers added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Our reforms will make the system fairer for taxpayers across the country, while protecting councils through the transition and ensuring no area faces a cliff edge."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Calendar integration is one way that productivity trackers have gotten more advanced and, ostensibly, fairer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A standardized system of weights and measures used throughout the region may have supported fairer trade as well.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Pua’s skin is fairer than mine, and her straight black hair lies flat, unlike my curly flyaways.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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
Back in Kent, the decision to get the snip felt like the fairest and most effective form of contraception available to Alex and his wife.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He expressed concerns over the new investigation and said the league was happy to show that its media model is the fairest among major sports leagues, one of these people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
On an index level, free cash flow does the fairest job of that now, and it says that prices are high.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
‘Few of that fairest folk are ever seen in the Shire. Not many now remain in Middle-earth, east of the Great Sea. This is indeed a strange chance!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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