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Recent Examples of nondeceptive
Brumfield said it’s the company’s nondeceptive pricing — free from the kind of 12-month special fine-print clauses that entrapped his mother.
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Dallas News, 13 June 2022
Dallas News, 13 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondeceptive
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A week on from defeat at Celtic, Howe has again reiterated his desire for Isak to stay, but was noticeably less forthright in that view.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Early in the season as the Red Sox languished in mediocrity, Bregman was forthright in his assessment of the team’s preparation.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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For certified cave divers, joining a dive here is remarkably straightforward.—
Jennifer Walker,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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So this was all set up in a very straightforward way.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Aug. 2025
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Dolores Huerta, the 95-year-old farm labor activist who is a cofounder of the United Farm Workers, got candid with Politico about the state of agriculture amid the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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When asked about being away from home during the Aug. 12 press conference, 19-year-old Archie Wilson shared a candid response about how being far from his family has impacted him.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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To be frank, many of the early devices on the market weren't very good—Valve’s Steam Deck kicked off a wave of PC manufacturers looking to compete with the Nintendo Switch, but many of the offerings were rushed, buggy, or just not a great way to play games.—
Brad Bourque,
Wired News,
4 Aug. 2025
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For a pre-revolutionary season in 1977, liberals signed letters and staged poetry readings that criticized the government in increasingly frank terms.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Counter to her brother, Maxine is the outspoken, happy-go-lucky, popular girl who masks her loneliness and sorrow.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Democratic Party is also home to outspoken critics of Israel and much of the Jewish community, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, and others.—
Nathan Diament,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But California is aiming to flip five GOP seats in direct response to five seats Texas Republicans wish to secure in their redistricting.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Donyell Malen has been direct and emphatic in his finishing.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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This means that when AI gives you an answer that the AI portrays for example as fully aboveboard and hunky-dory, the reality is that the response is bound to be a lot shakier than you are being led to believe.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Nov. 2024
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There was a lot of suspicion about whether the DNA testing that had been done was really aboveboard and accurate.—
Ashley Luthern,
Journal Sentinel,
3 May 2023
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“Nondeceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondeceptive. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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