openness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for openness
Noun
  • This season supports play, flirtation, creative courage, and emotional honesty.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 20 May 2025
  • Stevenson thanks them for their honesty, then pours three glasses of whiskey.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Chloe is successful, tightly wound and over-calculating to the extent that doubting her sincerity is unavoidable.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
  • Read: The sincerity and absurdity of Hollywood’s best action franchise As a grand valediction to a long-running storyline, the self-reflexiveness makes some sense.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The report will offer a comprehensive look at how Americans have become sick from exposure to toxins in food, environment and pharmaceutical drugs.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The broad strokes of the analysis reflect concerns that researchers in public health have raised for many years, particularly related to nutrition, lifestyle and exposure to pollution and other harmful chemicals in our food and environment.
    Will Stone, NPR, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • This, along with Stoke’s physicality and directness, gave them a point of difference — something nobody else had.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Communicate Without Fear – Embrace transparency, directness and empathy.
    Russell P. Reeder, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Openness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/openness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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