fair-minded
adjective
fair-mind·ed ˈfer-ˌmīn-dəd 
: marked by impartiality and honesty : just, unprejudiced
fair-mindedness noun
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Her personality was so engaging, made everyone feel seen, heard, cared for, compassionate, fair-minded. —
Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026 No police necessity can explain their excessive use of force, which has shocked and disgusted fair-minded people across the political spectrum. —Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels. —Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025 Why doesn’t Austin have a fair-minded mechanism to pay for repairs when law enforcement causes thousands of dollars in damage to the home of law-abiding citizens? —Bridget Grumet, Austin American Statesman, 6 Aug. 2025 Instead of a fair-minded settlement of the dispute, the court has perpetuated an enterprise rife with hypocrisy and corruption, an outcome that avoids real consequences for the NCAA or a true reckoning with the past theft of services, or the future billions. —Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025 Every fair-minded American will agree with the sanctions Trump is imposing on these universities who allow radicalism that spawns hatred of Americans and Jews. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025 Over time, their resilience tends to erode when civic and business leaders or the public fail to make use of them, sapping the relevance of fair-minded readings of laws and procedures relative to frenzied dealmaking between individual organizations and an executive branch inclined to coercion. —Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025 But the judiciary in California is neither normal nor fair-minded. —Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2025
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026 No police necessity can explain their excessive use of force, which has shocked and disgusted fair-minded people across the political spectrum. —Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels. —Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025 Why doesn’t Austin have a fair-minded mechanism to pay for repairs when law enforcement causes thousands of dollars in damage to the home of law-abiding citizens? —Bridget Grumet, Austin American Statesman, 6 Aug. 2025 Instead of a fair-minded settlement of the dispute, the court has perpetuated an enterprise rife with hypocrisy and corruption, an outcome that avoids real consequences for the NCAA or a true reckoning with the past theft of services, or the future billions. —Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025 Every fair-minded American will agree with the sanctions Trump is imposing on these universities who allow radicalism that spawns hatred of Americans and Jews. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025 Over time, their resilience tends to erode when civic and business leaders or the public fail to make use of them, sapping the relevance of fair-minded readings of laws and procedures relative to frenzied dealmaking between individual organizations and an executive branch inclined to coercion. —Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025 But the judiciary in California is neither normal nor fair-minded. —Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Fair-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/fair-minded. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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