even-handed

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Early in “Red Scare,” Clay Risen’s thorough, impassioned but even-handed study of Cold War hysteria in the U.S., the author makes a point of explaining what his subject is — and isn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

Countries with institutions that uphold law create predictability for investors and “inclusiveness”; even-handed legal institutions support equal opportunity for the many and encourage the innovation necessary for a society to thrive.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Despite Taylor taking the main title, it was a fairly even-handed night by Grammy standards.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

“Fair and even-handed policing is just as foundational to progress in Northern Ireland as fully functioning political institutions operating on a cross-community basis,” Donaldson said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2023

Soldiers guarded the water wagons, which were driven about the streets, and this show of force was necessary, so that the scanty supplies might be distributed with even-handed justice.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard