fair
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Tokyo said Wednesday it had urged Moscow to ensure "fair and impartial treatment" of a Japanese journalist who was arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The managers of funds offering private equity, private credit, nontraded real estate and other alternative assets say it isn’t fair that pension funds and university endowments have access to such funds while small investors don’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It's fair to say this is causing some disquiet in the paddock, even if few - if any - are voicing it publicly.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
And because I’ve written a fair bit, I think I feel a respect, perhaps a greater responsibility to the writer than some actors do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Maybe you’ll tell me more at the fair next weekend?”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
"We will continue to look for ways to make the system fairer for students, graduates and taxpayers in a financially sustainable way," it said.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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
“Half a loaf, that’s a fairer trade,” the Ancient told him.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
“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
Welcome to Goodwood Festival of Speed, an annual four-day motorsports-apalooza where the fastest, fairest and most excessively expensive cars in the world compete for driveway bragging rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
After the victory, Newsom touted California’s approach as the fairest possible: giving the choice to voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
“The fairest one of all. I get it. But you just described like half a bajillion women.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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