forbidden word: biases

Plural form of bias. The word biases refers to more than one bias.

bias n. 1  prejudice, leaning, inclination, bent, predilection, proneness, propensity, proclivity, tendency, feeling; fixed idea, preconceived idea, preconception, narrow view, slant, one-sidedness, unfairness, narrow-mindedness; bigotry, intolerance, partiality.
Ant. 1 fairness, impartiality, dispassionateness, objectivity; open-mindedness, tolerance.

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

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example sentences: biases

A greater understanding of gender biases in coping is needed.

So-called ” edit wars ” dominated the online discussions, biases were legitimized as ” another point of view ” and specialists openly sneered.

Observer biases and inconsistencies have been identified through study of the assessment procedures.

Compare reviews of the same product from different sources, and the biases of each may become more apparent.

Pageants are subject to trends and biases, much like most areas of competition.

The initial segmentation of the embryo is dependent upon concentration biases in the fertilized egg.

Many of the reviews appearing on websites have serious biases.

Parents may also fail to understand the attendance laws or have cultural biases against the education system.

In the past there were many social and cultural biases against left-handed children.

Volunteering gives you a chance to not only bless another person, but also make lifelong friendships, learn to let go of biases about a specific demographic, and feel empowered that one person can indeed make a difference.

Many of the previous health warnings centuries ago were driven by the psychosocial and political biases and women’s rights issues of the day, not on scientific evidence.

The best founders have the capacity to push aside their egos, their biases and everything else and view the feedback for what it is.

sample sentence from – YourDictionary. (n.d.). Examples of “Biases” in a sentence | YourDictionary.com. In YourDictionary.

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April 3, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

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