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Recent Examples of bluntly
Rizzo, clearly frustrated, wondered if Shedeur would see any action this season and bluntly asked what the rookie stood to gain — and whether Deion Sanders would even want that for his son, given how bad the offense looks.
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Either is possible, Jane says bluntly.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Inside were six tickets for each of that season’s Indiana University football games, free to him as a dorm resident because, to put it bluntly, no one was terribly interested in going to Hoosier football games, let alone paying for them.
—Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Trump on Friday commuted Santos’ sentence with what included bluntly, crassly partisan reasoning.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Humanizing stakes arrive just as bluntly.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Jobs dismissed the idea bluntly.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bluntly said at a press conference this morning after Rinderknecht’s arrest.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Tanaya Middleton, licensed nail technician and co-founder of the Nail Excellence Awards, puts it more bluntly.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Either is possible, Jane says bluntly.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Inside were six tickets for each of that season’s Indiana University football games, free to him as a dorm resident because, to put it bluntly, no one was terribly interested in going to Hoosier football games, let alone paying for them.
—Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Trump on Friday commuted Santos’ sentence with what included bluntly, crassly partisan reasoning.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Humanizing stakes arrive just as bluntly.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Jobs dismissed the idea bluntly.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bluntly said at a press conference this morning after Rinderknecht’s arrest.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Tanaya Middleton, licensed nail technician and co-founder of the Nail Excellence Awards, puts it more bluntly.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluntly
Adverb
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The veil having been brusquely lifted from his eyes, Blair eventually left the service.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gina remains loyal to Amy, who has at times treated her friend brusquely.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Then, abruptly, back to lightness, was a video showing a newborn’s heartwarming first encounter with the family dog.—
Lindsay Lowe,
Parents,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the opening minutes, Courteney is abruptly fired over a barely scandalous video leak.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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According to researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute, the characteristics of nanotubes can be precisely tuned by selecting specific atomic compositions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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The result is a workforce that is smaller, less dynamic, and aging faster, precisely when adaptation to technological change requires the opposite.—
Jane Sadowsky,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Bluntly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluntly. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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