forbidden word / phrase: biases towards

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.

toward prep. 1: in the direction of; driving toward town. 2 a : along a course leading to; a long stride toward disarmament. b : in relation to; an attitude toward life. 3 a : at a point in the direction of : near; a cottage somewhere up toward the lake. b : in such a position as to be in the direction of;  your back was toward me. 4 : not long before; toward the end of the afternoon. 5 a : in the way of help or assistance in; did all he could toward raising campaign funds. b: for the partial payment of; proceeds go toward the establishment of a scholarship.
— adj. 1 a : coming soon : imminent. b : happening at the moment : afoot. 2 a obsolete : quick to learn : apt. b : propitious, favoring; a toward breeze.

from toward. (2025). In Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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example sentences: biases towards

Biases toward certain religions can also manifest in two different ways:

• If someone is biased toward their own religion, they will think their beliefs and practices are superior to any other form of religion.
• If, however, they’re biased against a certain religion, they might show it by making rude or insensitive comments, or go as far as vandalizing religious buildings.
  — Education, K. K. M. (2020). 17 Examples of bias. In YourDictionary.

A team that over biases toward action can fall into one of three traps. They waste time on solutions that don’t solve actual problems. They don’t take time to strategize. And they make irreversible decisions with no input.
— Casasola, T. (2021, December 14). Don’t bias towards action. Sense, then act. – The Startup – Medium. Medium.

We are not born with negative biases toward any particular group of people.
— Implicit bias and structural racialization — National Equity Project. (n.d.). National Equity Project.

April 4, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

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