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US
/ˈbaɪəs/
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[ UK /bˈaɪəs/ ]
[ UK /bˈaɪəs/ ]
VERB
-
influence in an unfair way
you are biasing my choice by telling me yours - cause to be biased
NOUN
- a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
ADJECTIVE
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slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
a bias fold
How To Use bias In A Sentence
- Complain about their bad grammar or poor choice of headlines or biased editorials.
- Still less can they accept impartial public broadcasting combined with a biased press and biased satellite television.
- A single attack of dysentery may be "amoebiasis", which can be cured by a complete course of medication. Find Me A Cure
- The assumptions that our estimates of the proportion of eyries associated with geese and the proportion of geese that nested with falcons are unbiased can be confirmed only by data collected from other areas.
- U.S. network CNN for what it called biased reports on political unrest and on the alleged assault and torture earlier this month of opposition leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main ANC Daily News Briefing
- With a full tank of fuel, the weight bias shifts rearwards slightly, which helps traction, as does the standard limited slip differential.
- We all have implicit or unconscious biases that impact our behavior. Christianity Today
- We examined publication bias and related biases in funnel plots and carried out a test of funnel plot asymmetry.
- Amoebiasis can be prevented by good hygiene and sanitary conditions.
- I must admit to being a biased Observor here, as I do relatively poorly with the math elements of Economics, and I have attempted a writing career of expressing Economics in nonmathematical terms. Math and Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
