as in plain
easily seen; not secret or hidden
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Recent Examples of overt
Overall, though, the actors and Gray stayed away from controversy and overt political statements.
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Jada Yuan, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Design Like other members of the elite retail fraternity—be it in fashion, horology, or real estate—Mercedes has found that its current customers desire increasingly overt forms of branding.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
There’s unintentional comedy in the earnest impersonations that Assayas’s movie relies on, and it would have been improved by a similarly overt embrace of its absurdities.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
What proved most arresting, however, was not the overt provocation of the work, but its manipulation of duration and attention.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
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Jada Yuan, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Design Like other members of the elite retail fraternity—be it in fashion, horology, or real estate—Mercedes has found that its current customers desire increasingly overt forms of branding.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
There’s unintentional comedy in the earnest impersonations that Assayas’s movie relies on, and it would have been improved by a similarly overt embrace of its absurdities.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
What proved most arresting, however, was not the overt provocation of the work, but its manipulation of duration and attention.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overt
Adjective
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Lorden will have toppings and flavors including sesame, salt, plain, cheddar jalapeño and blueberry cinnamon.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
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The presidential gallery gives us white men in plain dark suits pretty much all the way down.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Broken down into five lucid chapters, the letter argues against a robotic future, and for a socially just one.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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After the disturbing death of Reverend Bryce at the end of last week’s episode of Widow’s Bay, Tom, Wyck, and Patricia search his office for clues that might explain why this seemingly lucid man of the cloth suddenly hung himself.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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This disaccharide is different from the digestible simple monosaccharide sugars birds consume when eating the fruit on your trees.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
24 May 2026
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Rover’s curation is key; while the goal is to have a solid catalogue, the team is focused on building it in a slow, digestible way that ensures the content offers something learnable.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The title track single recalls hitmakers like Anne Murray and Barbara Mandrell, except for the faint Auto-Tune ripples and an undisguised buckskin ‘Bama accent that brands an otherwise basic anti-fancy metaphor.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2026
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The book does feature suburban family malaise, and a masked party where the vibes are off, but its frenetic pace and undisguised artifice are more reminiscent of madcap detective fiction.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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His death was the first apparent suicide in a San Diego County jail since 2023.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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This news signals another apparent blow to any hopes Pitt, 62, has of reconnecting with any, or most, of his children.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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In 2015, Lynette was arrested on charges of assault and battery/simple assault.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
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When Stagg’s calculations lead him to conclude that an almighty storm is set to break on June 5, 1944 — the day originally earmarked for the Normandy landings — after a long period of balmy calm, potentially scuppering the entire vast project, his simple but urgent advice is to wait a day.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Case for buying Unlike with many bad teams, which tend to perform poorly all over the field, this Red Sox team has mostly been kneecapped by one obvious, overwhelming flaw.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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The key to going the extra mile here is to install your curtains a bit higher above the windows than may be obvious.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
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Nowhere is this more evident than in California’s almond orchards, a crop that requires bee pollination to bloom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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This becomes evident when a generative AI search assistant presents statistically dominant viewpoints as objective truth while invisibilizing minority perspectives, emerging research, or culturally distinct forms of knowledge.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Overt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overt. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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