as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
the teacher's objectivity would be seriously compromised if his own child were placed in the class
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Recent Examples of objectivity
First, avoid letting your friendship compromise fairness or objectivity.
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Various outfits, positioning themselves as neutral guides to the marketplace of ideas, now tout evaluations of news organizations’ trustworthiness, but relying on these requires trusting in the quality and objectivity of the evaluation.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Look no further than Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’ bloodless spiking of an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris in the name of greater objectivity.
—J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
There are good reasons to harbor doubts about these reports’ quality and objectivity.
—Luis Cayetano Simmari, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Various outfits, positioning themselves as neutral guides to the marketplace of ideas, now tout evaluations of news organizations’ trustworthiness, but relying on these requires trusting in the quality and objectivity of the evaluation.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Look no further than Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’ bloodless spiking of an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris in the name of greater objectivity.
—J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
There are good reasons to harbor doubts about these reports’ quality and objectivity.
—Luis Cayetano Simmari, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for objectivity
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“Objectivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectivity. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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