as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
the refreshing bluntness of the former president in assessing those who followed him in the Oval Office
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Noun
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Pet names can be love, but love without honesty is just sugar without substance.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025 -
Vasquez also stressed the importance of public trust, transparency and honesty in rebuilding city departments’ credibility.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
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This post contains details about The Righteous Gemstones series finale episode ‘That Man of God May Be Complete’ The end is here, and Danny McBride is bidding farewell to The Righteous Gemstones with his signature absurdist brand of comedy, plus a rare dash of sincerity.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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Perhaps what immortalizes their legacy is not the absence of friction, but the sincerity of his love.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Senegalese’s directness and precision have since become a key part of Palace’s play, as has his on-field relationship with Daniel Munoz down the right as the pair have learned each other’s game.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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This is a film marked by ambiguity — which is its strength overall, even if there are crucial times in the film the narrative would be better served by directness.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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The art of confessional songwriting is flourishing thanks to a wave of artists—Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA—whose lyrical candor creates an intense sense of closeness between listener and artist.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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The stories sit like figures in a painting by Alice Neel, if all the camaraderie in Neel’s work were drained out: staring straight ahead, some steely, some yearning, countenances slightly askew, drawn with thick streaks of candor, elbows jutting sideways.—
Audrey Wollen,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Bluntness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluntness. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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