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chaoyun2k
07/09/20 10:57:45 AM
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After scanning CE for interesting words for over two years I have been impressed with the level of intelligence of many of the people that post regularly. Sometimes an interesting word stands out, and other times it takes a while to find something that can be considered interesting. Considering the source it is not unusual to have a word that was used as a word of the day previously. At times the word of the day is found in an article that is quoted or other quoted source. If you see an interesting word being used on CE please mention me in the topic.

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Today's word is biased.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biased

Bias vs. Biased

In recent years, we have seen more evidence of the adjectival bias in constructions like a bias news program instead of the more usual a biased news program. The reason is likely because of aural confusion: the -ed of biased may be filtered out by hearers, which means that bias and biased can sound similar in the context of normal speech. They are not interchangeable, however. The adjective that means exhibited or characterized by an unreasoned judgment is biased (a biased news story). There is an adjective bias, but it means diagonal and is used only of fabrics (a bias cut across the fabric).

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