fair
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“We just want a fair, level playing field in Europe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s fair to assume many of us require a stern talking-to, like dogs who need their pills hidden inside the cheese that is Cruise’s Mr. Movies persona.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
In a post on social media, Delhi Police said its New Delhi District had received the complaint, and it had been transferred to its crime branch for a "fair and impartial" inquiry.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
At the fair, paprika seller Agnes Toth recalled picking up peppers as a child, taking part in the family business.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
But I got used to that too—the callousness of powerful people and the way they didn’t care what was fair.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Haeder also emphasises the benefits that a fairer promotion system would bring for German football as a whole, arguing that eastern clubs would be better equipped to continue nurturing youth talent.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
Taking the forest road, they swiftly passed from the mountainous wasteland of Endovier and into fairer country.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The committee argued making the industry rather than the government bear the costs of clean up was the fairest way of cutting carbon.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
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
The fairest woman in the world if my brother could be believed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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