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Recent Examples of bluntly
This is, bluntly, the Age of Choice.
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Sophia Rosenfeld
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
So something else is not being said so bluntly about the situation, which includes the Chiefs paying Taylor about $20 million this season.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Probably not tomorrow, or by again bluntly flying jets into NATO airspace, but in another way that forces the largest military alliance in history to parse and debate Moscow’s motivations.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
To put it bluntly, Alien can be downbeat material.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Michael Pizzi, a Miami attorney who has both defended police officers in criminal cases and sued police departments for misconduct in his three-decade career, put it more bluntly.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
These death-spiral sequences are bluntly shot in and out of focus by cinematographer Doug Emmett to capture a fraying state of mind, if James’ actorly tics and frittering weren’t enough to indicate that.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
The film bluntly communicates the danger of football on the body and brain, with X-ray-vision scenes that show players’ skeletons bearing the impact of hellacious hits.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
To put it bluntly, the Dolphins are not.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Sophia Rosenfeld
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
So something else is not being said so bluntly about the situation, which includes the Chiefs paying Taylor about $20 million this season.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Probably not tomorrow, or by again bluntly flying jets into NATO airspace, but in another way that forces the largest military alliance in history to parse and debate Moscow’s motivations.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
To put it bluntly, Alien can be downbeat material.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Michael Pizzi, a Miami attorney who has both defended police officers in criminal cases and sued police departments for misconduct in his three-decade career, put it more bluntly.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
These death-spiral sequences are bluntly shot in and out of focus by cinematographer Doug Emmett to capture a fraying state of mind, if James’ actorly tics and frittering weren’t enough to indicate that.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
The film bluntly communicates the danger of football on the body and brain, with X-ray-vision scenes that show players’ skeletons bearing the impact of hellacious hits.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
To put it bluntly, the Dolphins are not.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluntly
Adverb
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Gina remains loyal to Amy, who has at times treated her friend brusquely.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Norma Torres, whose son — Kenneth Mena Torres — was among those arrested, described a jarring moment when ICE agents brusquely entered their home to scan the face of each person living there.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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After clamping down on the demonstrations, Chinese authorities abruptly ended all pandemic control operations.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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Officers continued to give commands when the man abruptly stood up near the restaurant door.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The extent to which the entire AI boom is backstopped by Nvidia’s cash isn’t easy to answer precisely, which is also one of the unsettling things about it.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Like any good oracle, Le Bon knows precisely what the future holds.—
Rumaan Alam,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Bluntly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluntly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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