as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
since taking a ply to French burgundies, he's hardly even looked at anything else in the wine store
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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
two single yarns were plied together to get the fabric that smooth, firm feel
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Recent Examples of ply
Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 29 Aug. 2023
There’s a ply problem — at least, Canadian filmmaker Michael Zelniker believes so.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
This last chapter spends less time in the Eastern industrial zone of Zhili, Zhejiang Province, China, where the many of the subjects Wang has been following since Youth (Spring) spend long hours and most of their year plying their trade.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Soft, diaphanous curtains soften the incoming sunlight and offer a textural counterpoint to the cold, grey concrete walls and the pale birch ply.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 29 Aug. 2023
There’s a ply problem — at least, Canadian filmmaker Michael Zelniker believes so.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
Verb
In the past, a journalist who wanted to ply the trade on TV would have to start out at a small local station, work to a larger market, and then try to jump to a network.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
This last chapter spends less time in the Eastern industrial zone of Zhili, Zhejiang Province, China, where the many of the subjects Wang has been following since Youth (Spring) spend long hours and most of their year plying their trade.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
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But rooting out bias can help organizations perform better, the researchers noted.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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People have to prepare themselves to check their own biases and fears and use logic and facts to guide their decision-making when these kinds of attacks occur.Samantha Putterman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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And while her tendency to deviate from what’s considered professional is a major archetype of her personality, there’s much more to Ava that other people in leadership roles can learn from.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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The sulfur particles, on the other hand, ranked second to last because of their tendency to absorb sunlight at certain wavelengths rather than reflect it and its clumpiness.Devika Rao, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
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The company settled a legal proceeding with CAKE Software, Inc., resulting in the discontinuation of the action with prejudice.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Even before his passing, in 2020, a report in Forbes.com outlined how Dr. Zimbardo extended his research to study heroism and overcoming the ‘bystander effect’ and prejudice.Eric Wood, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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