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No doubt this is partially due to Hoover’s extreme popularity, and Hathaway and Johnson’s bankability — those are fair elements to incorporate here.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Several labelling schemes, including from Britain, France and Germany, were being showcased at the world's biggest book industry fair in Frankfurt this week, where the challenges posed by AI were hotly debated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
It’s not a pure apples-to-apples comparison, to be fair.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
“I don’t think it is responsible to deliver to them a world which is in this state of hatred. It’s not fair to say, ‘Well, this is as much as we could do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
At the Valentine’s Day fair, Rachel’s parents always gave Rachel’s friends a piece for free.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
This was ignored, then overtake mode was reactivated before being disabled again, on the basis that it was fairer to do so than leave it enabled.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
That’s a fairer way to measure the returns of bond funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Instead, the proposed framework emphasizes research led locally, greater investment in regional collections and scientific infrastructure, stronger taxonomic expertise, long-term monitoring, fairer international partnerships, and closer connections between scientists and decision-makers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
But life outside the prison walls wasn't much fairer than life inside it.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
“There are probably an infinite number of ways. I think the right question is: What is the right and fairest way to share the cost without unduly burdening anyone?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
It identifies every aircraft that is equipped with it, which is why it is the fairest way to prevent private planes from evading landing fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
LA28 chief Allison Katz-Mayfield called the random ticket-drawing process "the fairest way to ensure that the broadest number of people can get access to tickets and that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged".
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Some people might say our society is primitive, but I think it is the best, fairest system that I know.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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