even-handed
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- even-handedly adverb
- even-handedness noun
Example Sentences
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Even-tempered and even-handed, he’s a good guide through the minefields of racial history — he keeps you from blowing up.
From Los Angeles Times
Appeared in the January 6, 2026, print edition as 'Even-Handed History'.
The first key part of this particular ruling suggests they will have to be even-handed in the way they deal with cases like this in future.
From BBC
One point is explicit but even-handed: "Both countries will agree to abolish all discriminatory measures and guarantee the rights of Ukrainian and Russian media and education."
From BBC
Boggs’ even-handed and critically rigorous biography of James Baldwin is guilty of none of these things, mostly because Boggs never strays from the path toward understanding why Baldwin wrote what he did and how his private and public lives were inextricably wound up in his work.
From Los Angeles Times
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