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Recent Examples of forwardness
That straight-forwardness is a hallmark not only of her marketing insights, but also of her leadership.
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forwardness
Noun
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The city is constantly reinventing itself, reshaping its infrastructure and architecture with boldness.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The boldness of the play seemed remarkable under the circumstances, partly because McCarthy had completed only 13 passes all game and was playing for the first time in 49 days.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Eddie’s brashness contrasted with Gus’s more reserved nature, but their differences amused one another.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Macelaru and pianist Grimaud seem to glory in the brashness of them.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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The sheer scale and audacity of the plan were products of Spain’s luckiest century — and may have represented its peak.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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But Interview With the Vampire set a precedent for transformative TV from the Immortal Universe, its narrative and visual audacity subverting adaptation tropes and genre storytelling by challenging viewers’ notions of immortality, sexuality, and destiny.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2024
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That said, James Cameron's epic reaches the pinnacle of disaster-movie impudence with the distasteful suggestion that the most celebrated tragedy of the 20th century occurred because a few lookouts were distracted by Kate and Leo sucking face.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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But it’s got impudence and élan, and a feeling for life on the margins of English society.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Here Are All The Companies Cutting DEI Programs For old school ‘proper football men’ seeing such insolence on the field is simply unacceptable and when he was asked about the incident on talkSPORT ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders didn’t hold back.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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As to the kids’ responses, the more genial Olmo is not above whining, while parental demands usually provoke flat-out insolence from Ana, who breathes cigarette smoke like dragon fire.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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The manner in which Miller kept the remains showed disrespect, Carpenter said.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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The dissonance between their bacchanalian ritual and Adelaida’s silent, solitary suffering is marked, and the disrespect for the dead further underlined when a gravedigger tersely shoos her away from the graveside, reminding her that the area is unsafe, especially at nightfall.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025
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But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Forwardness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forwardness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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