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Recent Examples of candidly
The rap giant and Roc Nation billionaire spoke candidly about the fallout and emotional toll of the accusations in a lengthy — and rare — conversation with GQ’s Frazier Tharpe published on Tuesday.
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Over the next hour, Mai spoke candidly about things like the fear of losing her vocal ability while pregnant, reframed Scorpio stereotypes, and how a handwritten card can mean more than a Birkin.
—Jamila Mustafa, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2026
In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
As the legislative session ends, Republicans should candidly admit that one of their legislative leaders, House Speaker Daniel Perez, has been ineffective.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Jacobs speaks candidly of a troubled childhood and lovingly about Fifth Avenue shopping trips with his grandmother, which inspired a feeling for fashion history and handicrafts.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
As Ng See-yuen of the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild and Hong Kong Federation of Film Workers candidly noted, annual film output has dropped dramatically — a reality that lends urgency to form deeper partnerships with mainland counterparts.
—Faye Bradley, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
In the film festival's highest profile keynote, Spielberg spoke candidly about his lifelong fascination with aliens.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
The 80-year-old singer spoke candidly during remarks at the opening day celebration of the 2026 season at her Tennessee theme park, Dollywood, on Friday.
—Bethany Braun-Silva, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Over the next hour, Mai spoke candidly about things like the fear of losing her vocal ability while pregnant, reframed Scorpio stereotypes, and how a handwritten card can mean more than a Birkin.
—Jamila Mustafa, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2026
In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
As the legislative session ends, Republicans should candidly admit that one of their legislative leaders, House Speaker Daniel Perez, has been ineffective.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Jacobs speaks candidly of a troubled childhood and lovingly about Fifth Avenue shopping trips with his grandmother, which inspired a feeling for fashion history and handicrafts.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
As Ng See-yuen of the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild and Hong Kong Federation of Film Workers candidly noted, annual film output has dropped dramatically — a reality that lends urgency to form deeper partnerships with mainland counterparts.
—Faye Bradley, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
In the film festival's highest profile keynote, Spielberg spoke candidly about his lifelong fascination with aliens.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
The 80-year-old singer spoke candidly during remarks at the opening day celebration of the 2026 season at her Tennessee theme park, Dollywood, on Friday.
—Bethany Braun-Silva, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidly
Adverb
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House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, openly said early in the session that neither would advance.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made history as the first openly transgender woman to do so in Tokyo in 2021, though no woman who transitioned after being assigned male at birth is known to have participated in an Olympics since.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And quite honestly, the plot stops for these guys’ performance.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Transcription comes by its tragicomic suspicion of devices honestly.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And without that fuel, your citizens are quite frankly in crisis.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
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And frankly, very little reason to even tune in.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Coming off the ice, Malinin forthrightly congratulated the winner, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, as if to communicate that Shaidorov won the prize from his own efforts, not from Malinin’s failure.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The appeals on stage spoke forthrightly about God, usually in explicitly Christian terms.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Premiering the first of eight episodes on Sunday, March 22, The Comeback’s shaggy, despairing, hilarious, and sometimes baldly sentimental third season spends its first two episodes running through all the horsemen of the Hollywood-pocalypse.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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My job, bluntly, was to spy, but to do it in a way that wasn’t baldly obvious either.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That doesn’t mean that Holocaust educators are unreservedly enthusiastic about the new approach.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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The love songs that set its mood are unreservedly sexy and most of all funny — including that dirty ‘Wood’ — expressing genuine affection and delight.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Patel, meanwhile, argues that raising revenue can be done more reliably and straightforwardly by Congress.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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For Homer, the case is coming together nicely and straightforwardly.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Such an arrest is plainly inconsistent with basic First Amendment principles.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2026
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The inference, plainly, is that is not the case at the moment.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Candidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidly. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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