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Recent Examples of blatantly
There’s a huge difference between normal restaurant camaraderie and someone blatantly crossing lines.
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Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
If the Administration’s actions are so blatantly unlawful, why does everyone seem to be caving?
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Rather, this is merely one more reflection of how Iger has long sought to position Disney as a family-friendly, classic Americana brand with appeal across all sides while eschewing blatantly divisive programming.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
For example, Louisiana and Texas passed laws allowing public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, and courts quickly blocked the legislation for blatantly violating a 1978 Supreme Court ruling.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
Some comments seen by CNN were blatantly racist or xenophobic, propagating negative stereotypes about African nations and people.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Republican legislators filed an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court, arguing Democrats are blatantly violating the state Constitution by rushing bills through the Legislature that would create new voting districts.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
If the Administration’s actions are so blatantly unlawful, why does everyone seem to be caving?
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Rather, this is merely one more reflection of how Iger has long sought to position Disney as a family-friendly, classic Americana brand with appeal across all sides while eschewing blatantly divisive programming.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
For example, Louisiana and Texas passed laws allowing public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, and courts quickly blocked the legislation for blatantly violating a 1978 Supreme Court ruling.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
Some comments seen by CNN were blatantly racist or xenophobic, propagating negative stereotypes about African nations and people.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Republican legislators filed an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court, arguing Democrats are blatantly violating the state Constitution by rushing bills through the Legislature that would create new voting districts.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blatantly
Adverb
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One is to clearly define the human-AI partnership.—
Bob Violino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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This is partly the fault of the administration, which didn’t clearly explain the policy or the broader strategy.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Local stations in the United States used to be divided between scores of independents or small groups, but after decades of the same kind of consolidation that has swallowed up the rest of the media business, companies like Nexstar and the more stridently conservative Sinclair are the top dogs.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy’s contentious exchanges fit a familiar pattern, with the longtime vaccine skeptic stridently denying statements made in the past when pressed by lawmakers.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Over the next weeks, parents and students began to complain vociferously about getting sick at school.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Black delivered that report before the management committee of EXXON, who purposefully buried those conclusions and continued to fund lobbyists, think tanks, and politicians who vociferously denied the reality of anthropogenic climate change.—
Ed Simon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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And yet Klein, in his distinctly bookish and measured approach, sometimes recalls an Obamian voice, if the former President had been a journalist with a beard, tattoos, and a predilection for Burning Man.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Things, most of which have been weird for a while, are getting distinctly weirder.—
Book Marks
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Jacob Samuel Winkler was arrested Sunday while walking along a sidewalk, shirtless and loudly talking to himself.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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Trump has been proclaiming for years that his political opponents should be locked up, but there is a gulf between loudly alleging criminal behavior and amassing the evidence necessary to prove the elements of an actual crime.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But what happens when everyone who can noisily quit already has?—
Keren Landman,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Harris resoundingly rejected this argument.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Those fortunes were made and squandered rapidly—Iran went from bereft during the Iran-Iraq War, to unbeatable two decades later, to resoundingly beaten a little less than two decades after that.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In the trailer, Morgan (Justine Lupe) puts it plainly for her and Joanne's podcast listeners.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Never mind that the Constitution very plainly says Congressional districts are to be drawn once every 10 years, just after the Census, and intended to last the full 10 years.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Blatantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blatantly. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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