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Recent Examples of baldly
Premiering the first of eight episodes on Sunday, March 22, The Comeback’s shaggy, despairing, hilarious, and sometimes baldly sentimental third season spends its first two episodes running through all the horsemen of the Hollywood-pocalypse.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
My job, bluntly, was to spy, but to do it in a way that wasn’t baldly obvious either.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Nobody in the administration has said so baldly.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
If the baldly stated white supremacism that now fills up my X feed is any guide, that reborn entity drank lots of raw milk and grew up with strong bones and teeth.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026
The heartfelt book sees Myers looking back on awkward moments from her own life in her signature laugh-out-loud, baldly honest prose.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
The state would wield a deleterious influence on public education, with a rounded civic understanding of Israeli democracy replaced by a more baldly nationalist and illiberal one.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
My job, bluntly, was to spy, but to do it in a way that wasn’t baldly obvious either.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Nobody in the administration has said so baldly.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
If the baldly stated white supremacism that now fills up my X feed is any guide, that reborn entity drank lots of raw milk and grew up with strong bones and teeth.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026
The heartfelt book sees Myers looking back on awkward moments from her own life in her signature laugh-out-loud, baldly honest prose.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
The state would wield a deleterious influence on public education, with a rounded civic understanding of Israeli democracy replaced by a more baldly nationalist and illiberal one.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baldly
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Furthermore, a recent Financial Times investigation revealed that even when AI developers implement guardrails to prevent bad actors from misusing them, protections can be bypassed using openly available software tools in less than 10 minutes.—
Mohammad Hosseini,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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In the other room, Kayda is entertaining Bryce and Zach, who are openly drooling, and the scene could not look more like Challengers if Zendaya were playing Kayda.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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When Vikings players reconvened last month to begin the formal offseason training program, Jefferson spoke candidly to reporters about his excitement over Murray’s arrival — and his expectation for McCarthy’s improvement.—
Dave Campbell,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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In the film, Ventura interviews the band members separately, with each person candidly reflecting on the group’s success and their downfall.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2026
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But what this card lacks (and frankly, what most co-branded airline cards lack) is top-tier bonus categories.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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This turn was frankly difficult to digest in a show that’s otherwise adopted a stance of irreverent insouciance toward other hot topics.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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The snowy first look released by Apple back in March honestly bares some cursory resemblance to the snowy, period, Eastern European setting that the AI prompt manages to generate — which again is just for a storyboard!—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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Frustration, because too much of the public conversation defaults toward blaming parents while failing to grapple honestly with the cultural shift in our society that is shaping these gatherings.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The vision, stated plainly across multiple interviews, is a family office in which humans manage agents rather than do the work themselves.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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The bill would also dramatically reduce congressional oversight that the Secret Service so plainly needs.—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
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If Winifred is instantly, bizarrely offputting, her employers are more straightforwardly ghastly.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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The hero of Vidal’s novel is straightforwardly based on Hearst, while the wealthy, castle-dwelling Californian in Huxley’s novel bears a more veiled, but still unmistakable, resemblance to him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Foley has been the one board member who has forthrightly stood up for oversight and accountability on every key issue.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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Coming off the ice, Malinin forthrightly congratulated the winner, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, as if to communicate that Shaidorov won the prize from his own efforts, not from Malinin’s failure.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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That doesn’t mean that Holocaust educators are unreservedly enthusiastic about the new approach.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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The love songs that set its mood are unreservedly sexy and most of all funny — including that dirty ‘Wood’ — expressing genuine affection and delight.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Baldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baldly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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