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Recent Examples of unfairly
In 2018, Trump launched the China Initiative, a sweeping program meant to investigate threats of espionage and intellectual property theft, but was instead criticized as unfairly targeting scientists and researchers of Chinese descent.
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
But the meeting itself was widely criticized by European officials and analysts who say that talks without preconditions inherently reward Russia’s aggression, and that Ukraine was unfairly excluded from a discussion of its fate.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Liman also reminded both legal teams to follow New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibits attorneys from making statements that could unfairly influence a jury.
—Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
If the federal government does not live up to its obligations, Illinois could unfairly suffer the burden of hundreds of millions of dollars of liability.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Unfairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairly. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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