as in impartial
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
an evenhanded meting out of punishment
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Recent Examples of evenhanded
And experts, including Dr. Crandall, said the bureau and other federal agencies had become more evenhanded and clearly concerned with climate change over the last several decades.
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Anna Kramer, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Perhaps Robert Hur wanted to appear evenhanded and nonpartisan by absolving Biden but criticizing his mental faculties.
—Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Vullo said the letters were evenhanded, and her attorney argued that letting the lawsuit go forward would improperly muzzle public officials.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Today, providing evenhanded justice doesn't necessarily mean convicting Trump.
—Ray Brescia / Made By History, TIME, 20 May 2024
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Anna Kramer, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Perhaps Robert Hur wanted to appear evenhanded and nonpartisan by absolving Biden but criticizing his mental faculties.
—Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Vullo said the letters were evenhanded, and her attorney argued that letting the lawsuit go forward would improperly muzzle public officials.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Today, providing evenhanded justice doesn't necessarily mean convicting Trump.
—Ray Brescia / Made By History, TIME, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evenhanded
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Attorneys who completed a survey about her work called her fair and impartial.John Frank, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Routh's attorneys argued in their motion that Cannon could not be impartial in the case because she was appointed by Trump.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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On the other, some commissioners pointed out, the language of the Brine Act required the companies to demonstrate that the royalty is fair and equitable.Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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This shift empowers users to own their data and identity, promoting a more equitable and user-centric digital environment.Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Studying the beliefs and ideas of a past time and place bumped the object to one side, where it now was given equal weight to economics, literature, religion, scientific developments, politics and other varieties of social life.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Up until March 2019, Fox owned one-third of Hulu — no more and no less than its equal partners in the 2008 joint venture.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Evenhanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evenhanded. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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