fair-minded
Example Sentences
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"Hellerstein possesses a well-deserved reputation for seeking to do justice in every case and for being independent and fair-minded," said law professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Perhaps in some distant golden era the BBC was fair-minded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
They should only occur where “the evidence that the defendant committed a crime on any fair-minded objective judgment remains very powerful.”
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2025
He initially tried to cultivate a reputation as a fair-minded institutionalist, occasionally surprising observers in controversial cases, as he did when he cast the deciding vote upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2024
Or more likely, it has become so unfashionable to discriminate against certain groups that all but the most insensitive people take pains to at least appear fair-minded, at least in public.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
