How to Use a fair hearing in a Sentence

a fair hearing

noun
  • Due process means having access to a fair hearing before a neutral judge.
    — Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Give any complaints a fair hearing, but know the difference between a power struggle and a real problem.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Kelly could argue that there are no safeguards in his case to ensure a fair hearing and that the case should move from military courts to federal courts.
    — Joshua Kastenberg, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Kilmar—like everyone—deserves a fair hearing to defend himself.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The large settlement came after a state appeals court ruled the city had denied Petrovich a fair hearing on his proposal to build a gas station there.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The large settlement came after a state appeals court ruled the city had denied Petrovich a fair hearing on his proposal to build a gas station there.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Every individual before the court — whether a victim seeking justice or a defendant seeking a fair hearing — deserves a system that works reliably.
    — Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For administrators, that means creating a work environment where everyone feels comfortable speaking up and confident that they will be given a fair hearing.
    — Nona Han, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The other thing that’s important in crowdfunds, both large and small, is cultivating a sense of audience participation and an underdog story about bringing a project to life that wouldn’t get a fair hearing.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Calling people names, especially names that are incendiary in content, wins no arguments and creates opposition instead of a fair hearing for one's counter-arguments.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
  • However, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in July that Semenya hadn't had a fair hearing at the Swiss tribunal, and it hadn't properly considered some of the complex arguments.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In early May, Johnson visited Springfield and, seemingly out of nowhere, raised the prospect of resurrecting the lakefront stadium plan and saying Chicago’s 2024 plan never got a fair hearing in the state capitol.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026

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