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fair

Definition for fair

adjective as in light-complexioned, light-haired

adjective as in mediocre, satisfactory

adjective as in beautiful

adjective as in bright, cloudless (weather)

noun as in exposition, carnival

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Example Sentences

As a principal, I have the responsibility to ensure compliance and create a fair and balanced environment for all students.

If the shifts among women and older voters seen in the Post-ABC poll reflect an actual shift in the electorate — a fair assumption based on a wide range of other state and national polls — that seems very difficult to do.

He says she urged street fairs and parades, but that’s not true.

Grant says BrightHire, co-founded by Ben Sesser and Teddy Chestnut, is “the most compelling platform I’ve seen to help companies run fair and inclusive hiring processes.”

From Quartz

We believe we are fair and reasonable partners and have no incentive to enforce the restrictions more broadly than necessary.

From Fortune

Even internally in the House, women are not getting their fair shake.

Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.

Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.

Perhaps it always seems that way at the time, but surely we face our fair share right now.

To be fair, no artist had ever been asked to, or could have pulled it off if they had.

Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.

Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!

He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!

May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”

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On this page you'll find 382 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fair, such as: candid, civil, clean, courteous, decent, and equal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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