Sample Sentences for
bias
(editor-reviewed)

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    She has a bias against young people.
    bias = personal preference that prevents objective consideration
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    The same pattern continued through the end of summer and well into autumn. ... It's also worthy of mention that every pattern has at least one small bias, and one day it will tip itself over, or fall from one page to another.  (source)
    bias = tendency to move in a particular direction
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    Let me give you another example of how color bias can be changed--and this one is racial in nature.  (source)
    bias = a personal preference -- especially a prejudice that prevents objective consideration
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    A balloon would start up jerkily, on a great bias, and be torn by the wind or blown against the houses of the square.  (source)
    bias = a tendency to move in a particular direction
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    The idea of overtaking Slytherin in the house championship was wonderful, no one had done it for seven years, but would they be allowed to, with such a biased referee?  (source)
    biased = having a personal preference that prevents objectivity
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    Nor am I an unbiased observer.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbiased means not and reverses the meaning of biased. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Just so you know, my goal is for every student in this school to succeed. Every student, Alex. Including you, so whatever biases you have about me you can throw them out the window.  (source)
    biases = prejudices against; or tendencies to mistrust
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    Local aid is always either worthless or else biassed.†  (source)
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    And she held that what her conscience had decided for her when her mind was unbiassed ought not to be overruled now.†  (source)
    "Editor's Notes"
    This is more commonly spelled, unbiased. The prefix "un-" in unbiassed means not and reverses the meaning of biassed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He had all the Henty biasses in history, and was particularly fond of the cheerful murder stories of Mary Roberts Rinehart.†  (source)
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    On the contrary, the knowing that there was such a provision for me probably did bias me.  (source)
    bias = influence to think in a particular way
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    And maybe I'm biased, but when my sister quoted a pop song and talked about the future, it seemed great.  (source)
    biased = showing favoritism (under the influence of a personal preference that prevents being objective)
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    "I've got unbiased third-party medical authorities, Randy," she said.†  (source)
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