openness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for openness
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Learn more about how self-trust and interpersonal trust is earned through: care, competence, sincerity, and reliability.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 15 May 2025
  • Vince Vaughn brings an unforced sincerity to the role of inexperienced entrepreneur Joey Scaravella, and the four nonnas (grandmothers) who join him in his unconventional culinary enterprise are played by Lorraine Bracco, Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire and Brenda Vacarro — heavy hitters moving nimbly.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • These ballpark neighborhoods also generate higher foot traffic and more media exposure.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • But this is their first exposure to the training room, the weight room, the schedule, the nutrition, the practice.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • When the inevitable happens, Sobule sings the title chorus with a winning subject-verb-object directness.
    Alfred Soto, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • Newcastle could not match Villa’s energy, their directness or their intensity — traits usually associated with Howe’s side.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Openness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/openness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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