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US
/ˈbaɪəs/
]
[ UK /bˈaɪəs/ ]
[ UK /bˈaɪəs/ ]
VERB
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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
- 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
- Cutting a continuous bias strip This is a quick way of cutting a long length of bias strip. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
- Scores of jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday as the judge tackled the daunting task of finding an unbiased jury. Times, Sunday Times
- It is one of those biases, all the rage in academic circles right now, that explain many of the eccentricities of human behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
- The committee is of a/has a conservative bias.
