fair
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But there are practical concerns as to how free and fair elections could be held in a war-torn nation, which Fedorov has not addressed.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"It's not fair to the families who are Palestinian, who own their homes, who have a right to raise their families without fear," said Huckabee, who before becoming ambassador had rejected the term Palestinian.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Higher yields also boost the discount rates used in analysts’ equity-valuation models, which causes estimates of a stock’s fair value to decline.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“In order for the citizens to trust their government, they must have confidence that our elections are fair and free.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
It hardly seemed fair to accuse him of being a ravenous monster.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
Speaking to former political adviser Jimmy McLoughlin on his podcast Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, Burnham said he was concerned that the use of technology was not making recruitment processes "fairer".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"What I really liked in this announcement is they are recognising we need to look at a fairer tax system so we can all contribute to society," Bott told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But life outside the prison walls wasn't much fairer than life inside it.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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
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
Whitten was also the fairest of his siblings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
She was quite convinced of Mr. Elton’s being in the fairest way of falling in love, if not in love already.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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