as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
since taking a ply to French burgundies, he's hardly even looked at anything else in the wine store
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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
two single yarns were plied together to get the fabric that smooth, firm feel
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Recent Examples of ply
Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Vitale Barberis Canonico offers 100 percent Saxon merino wool for double-faced overcoats and a 6-ply overcoat in macro-herringbone designs.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Short-term memory and mental toughness are prerequisites for a major league pitcher, particularly for one who must ply his trade at Coors Field.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Stainless steel is a poor conductor, meaning a single-ply pan made of stainless steel would cook inconsistently, with numerous hot and cold spots.
—Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Vitale Barberis Canonico offers 100 percent Saxon merino wool for double-faced overcoats and a 6-ply overcoat in macro-herringbone designs.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Launch is planned for July 2028, and Dragonfly will cruise for six years, plying the empty vastness between our two worlds.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Short-term memory and mental toughness are prerequisites for a major league pitcher, particularly for one who must ply his trade at Coors Field.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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That proposal made national headlines and led to months of reckoning with racial bias after a Center School parent was caught on a hot mic during a remote school board meeting.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Providers also can fall victim to inadvertent bias, assuming a young, otherwise healthy patient must be dealing with something other than shingles.—
Alyssa Sparacino,
Glamour,
27 Apr. 2026
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There's generally a tendency for organizations to focus too much on measuring or tracking input or activity, as opposed to output.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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His playoff history and tendency to let up weak goals do raise some red flags.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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That is prejudice dressed in the language of security.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The goal was to combat racial prejudice by putting white and Black people in a room together for a marathon weekend of unfiltered sharing and confrontation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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