as in brusqueness
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Noun
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Of course, the only thing unique about Cluely’s sales pitch is its bluntness; plenty of other AI companies have been selling the same thing using more polite and socially acceptable language for years.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
Her negotiation style is disarming bluntness.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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But the abruptness of the changes spooked longtime staff, who understandably recoiled at the implication that critics are the same as regular beat reporters.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Curtness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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