as in plain
easily seen; not secret or hidden
overt hostility
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Recent Examples of overt
And across the state and nation, acts of overt violence: Two assassination attempts on former president Donald Trump including one in which Trump was hit and two people died.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Online communities often advertise themselves as bringing people together, but many are characterized by toxic behavior, from overt harassment, hate speech, trolling, and doxing to more casual (yet often still quite harmful) comments that belittle and exclude.
—Olivier Sibai,
marius K. Luedicke,
kristine De Valck, Harvard Business Review, 5 Nov. 2024
Embracing Trump Major public companies and CEOs in the U.S., particularly those that sell products to the general public, typically avoid overt political partisanship to avoid alienating potential customers.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Online communities often advertise themselves as bringing people together, but many are characterized by toxic behavior, from overt harassment, hate speech, trolling, and doxing to more casual (yet often still quite harmful) comments that belittle and exclude.
—Olivier Sibai,
marius K. Luedicke,
kristine De Valck, Harvard Business Review, 5 Nov. 2024
Embracing Trump Major public companies and CEOs in the U.S., particularly those that sell products to the general public, typically avoid overt political partisanship to avoid alienating potential customers.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overt
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Like all the coolest girls, layer yours underneath preppy barn jackets and scarf coats to over plain white tees and baggy blue jeans.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Stepping through the plain wooden door, visitors see far more than just an old house.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Sophisticated founders and smaller, boutique early stage venture funds are increasingly lucid about the power law.Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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And so The Diplomat sets the stage for Wyler to be schooled, over and over, by Penn and her reactionary doctrine through the end of the season, a dynamic that with each scene reveals how little the series has done to make Wyler a lucid character of her own.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Still, the flow of federal rules and regulations are what get published in digestible form, remaining a window through which to observe at least a slice of how agency regulatory output compares across administrations.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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His dance numbers are also uniquely digestible in the age of social media and YouTube — they can be easily excised from their films and taken as works of art on their own.Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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Since 2008–09, the party has made a surprisingly undisguised turn toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.Anton Shekhovtsov, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2017
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It is revered as the ecclesiastical capital of the Orthodox world, but it is crammed into a space no bigger than a midsize hotel, and surrounded by a Muslim society that has treated it with undisguised hostility.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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Down the stretch against Portland, in a loss, this became glaringly apparent as the Rockets could not buy a basket but did not have anyone reliable to initiate offense from the perimeter with Green on the bench (after massively struggling) and point guard Fred VanVleet himself struggling.Rahat Huq, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound.Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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This one is on sale for $12 for a pack of two and is simple to set up: just stick it in the path of the door at your next hotel or Airbnb and turn it on.Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Even something as simple as ordering soft new sheets, watching your favorite comfort show, or calling a trusted friend can help to lessen the load.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
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Here’s How to Shop for the Right Strap-On By Malia Griggs Of these triggers, the most obvious is probably lactose, a sugar found in milk and other dairy products that doesn’t sit well with certain people, like those who are lactose-intolerant.Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 Nov. 2024
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That's a substantial change that may not be immediately obvious.Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Its sway became evident recently when a cut in tax rebates for exporters roiled aluminum prices.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 29 Nov. 2024
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As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride, as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Overt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overt. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.
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