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adjective

Definition of point-blanknext
as in straight-out

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adverb

as in brusquely

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Recent Examples of point-blank
Adjective
The victim, who was 18 years old, was shot in the neck at point-blank range, archives said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026 Al-Owais had to make an excellent save to stop a point-blank header from Uruguay forward Federico Vinas in the 30th minute, keeping the score knotted at zero. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026 In footage posted to X by former Mayor Eric Adams, dozens of bystanders can be seen filming as Jaden is savagely beaten, when one of his attackers draws a firearm and shoots him at point-blank range. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 Al-Owais denied a point-blank header from Federico Vinas in the first half, then got his fingertips on an attempt by Manuel Ugarte in the 61st. — CBS News, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for point-blank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for point-blank
  1. straight-out
  2. brusquely
  3. direct
  4. sharply
  5. frank
  6. abruptly
  7. candid
  8. gruffly
Adjective
  • When’s the last time everyone straight-out applauded the Dolphins draft?
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Are people just straight-out living here under those blue tarps?
    — Kristin Dombek, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of straight-out
Adverb
  • Citadel executives brusquely dismiss the idea that anything shady is going on.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • In some instances, judges brusquely threw cases out of court after prosecutors walked in with little evidence.
    — Brian Rokos, Daily News, 7 May 2026
Definition of brusquely
Adjective
  • Perhaps that’s because the book is a direct result of the authors’ own friendship.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • The demonstration showcased the aircraft’s ability to coordinate complex maneuvers without direct pilot intervention, an important capability for future collaborative combat operations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of direct
Adverb
  • After the Women’s Health Initiative published its landmark findings in 2002, public and clinical attitudes toward hormone therapy shifted sharply, priming a generation of women to look for non-hormonal alternatives.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • Both states sharply limit non-competes, and California bans most outright.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of sharply
Adjective
  • Which is why the delivery of a frank but highly articulate speech about desire, especially to the very person one desires, proves unbearably intense.
    — André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Such realism, buttressed by frank discussions of perimenopause and other facts of midlife, helps rather than hinders the show’s ability to transport.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 July 2026
Definition of frank
Adverb
  • Trump was expected to sign the housing bill at Capitol Hill during a ceremony in June, but abruptly canceled in protest over the Senate’s inaction in passing his election legislation, the SAVE America Act.
    — Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
  • Flores lost his ability to make phone calls, after his PIN was abruptly suspended.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of abruptly
Adjective
  • The ensemble drama traces the unpredictable shape of grief and family dynamics, aiming for an emotionally candid portrait of loss and the ties that hold communities together.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • The actor, 55, got candid about his feelings about his four daughters dating while appearing alongside his family at the New York City premiere of The Odyssey on Tuesday, July 14.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of candid
Adverb
  • Rose’s relationship with her father, too, is unusual in its unresolved jaggedness, while Sisto’s gruffly on-edge performance points to a deeper well of adult pain in Wes that his daughter cannot yet manage or comprehend.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • Chief among the familiar faces is Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the stoic, gruffly professional explosives-disposal expert Major Will Tranter, who shows up at a construction site in the heart of London where an unexploded, 1,000-pound WWII bomb has just been found.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of gruffly

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