blunt
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The same national study found that COVID-19 pandemic-era eviction protections appeared to blunt what could have been even steeper increases in homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Sanctions, he believes, are too blunt and overused.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The reassurance rang out across HumanX, a four-day conference drawing some 6,500 investors, entrepreneurs and tech executives, even as a blunt advertisement at the entrance set the tone: "Stop hiring humans."
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
In its own statement, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blunt.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Jake turned the globe again and pressed his blunt, grimy thumb on a carefully selected spot.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Vocabulary lists containing blunt
The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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