evenhanded
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- evenhandedly adverb
- evenhandedness noun
Etymology
Origin of evenhanded
Example Sentences
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What “The Wolf War” also does—and a lot of nonfiction TV doesn’t—is approach its subject in an honestly evenhanded, objective manner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
“Merciless,” like its predecessors, is full of sound and fury, signifying much that Ice finds wrong with the world, his evenhanded, intelligent opinions writ loudly, if graphically.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
He brought with him a news sensibility honed at the BBC, where he had worked in the interim, and became a key figure in shaping U.S. public television’s in-depth and evenhanded approach to news coverage.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
It’s a nice idea that an evenhanded, old-fashioned exchange of ideas will yield a clear philosophical winner, clarify political strategy, or produce new ideas for solving the myriad problems we have—democratic deliberation made easy.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024
The Thin One settled all night disputes in the most evenhanded way.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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