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as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest
a blatant clamor for the impeachment of the scandal-plagued governor
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as in obvious
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
I take off points for blatant spelling errors
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Recent Examples of blatant
Nonetheless, the painting doesn’t have any blatant Nazi references.
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Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
That exemption allows the major pro leagues to feature salary caps, luxury taxes, maximum salaries and other blatant restraints on earning opportunities that might run afoul of antitrust law since those rules are bargained with unions and thus exempt from antitrust scrutiny.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
After the online store’s supply ran out, sellers took to eBay and Etsy with options ranging from official replicas to blatant rip-offs.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
But Democrats and voting rights groups that brought the case alleged the new map is a blatant gerrymander to favor the GOP, violating a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2010, known as the Fair District Amendment, that prohibits drawing districts to favor or disfavor political parties.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 10 June 2026
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Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
That exemption allows the major pro leagues to feature salary caps, luxury taxes, maximum salaries and other blatant restraints on earning opportunities that might run afoul of antitrust law since those rules are bargained with unions and thus exempt from antitrust scrutiny.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
After the online store’s supply ran out, sellers took to eBay and Etsy with options ranging from official replicas to blatant rip-offs.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
But Democrats and voting rights groups that brought the case alleged the new map is a blatant gerrymander to favor the GOP, violating a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2010, known as the Fair District Amendment, that prohibits drawing districts to favor or disfavor political parties.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blatant
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The screams, contortions and vocal shifts were made without CGI or artificial intelligence, and that detail is its own form of campaign currency in an era when audiences and voters alike are increasingly skeptical of digital enhancement.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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But what feels most haunting about the arc of then to now, about Smith’s unfathomable issues and woes — yet obvious heart and particularly evident quest to find himself in recent years — is that his words then were spoken with a sense of arrival and past tense.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Look in the most obvious places first.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
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Bush, an outspoken critic of Israel, launched a primary challenge last fall for what’s now the sole remaining safe blue seat in Missouri after Republicans redrew the map.—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
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The representative earned applause from those in attendance after one attendee praised Matsui’s outspoken support of the Afghan community, especially after federal immigration agents reportedly detained multiple Afghans living in the Sacramento area late last year.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Liverpool’s pressing from their forward line was a glaring weakness last season and no doubt will be a point of emphasis when Iraola begins working with the squad.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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That, just maybe, shows how positive things have gone until this point, and makes a 1-4 road trip capped by an 8-1 beatdown by the Mets on Sunday in New York all that more glaring, juxtaposed with the team’s good form through the 66 games before then.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
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Hilton on Tuesday addressed the president’s unfounded but vociferous claims that Democrats have massively cheated in our recent election.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Mentions of the San Antonio Spurs also elicited vociferous boos.—
Stephen Whyno,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Glynn Wilburn, 42, has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and felony reckless driving causing serious injury, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release Thursday.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Love has also claimed that his highest gross annual income in the last five years was $13,000, and his income for 2025 was $0.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
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With the spin-off and FDX adopting a new fiscal calendar, Wells cautioned that next week's earnings report could be noisy.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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With the scramble to build data centers and their voracious appetite for electricity, many centers are building their own noisy, off-grid, diesel- or gas-fired power plants.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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“Blatant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blatant. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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