frankly

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He added that extreme declines like those seen Thursday, “or frankly over the last three months, are not based on investors selectively applying AI risk on a company-by-company basis.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

"The Israelis... have actually offered to be, frankly, to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon, because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful," Vance said.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

And Kimberly was talking frankly about that, which caught my attention and made me think they would say things out loud that most people only spoke of privately.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“I had to squat and kick my heels out, which, frankly, was not easy for me,” he said.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

I saw even that to be thus frankly addressed on a subject he had deemed unapproachable—to hear it thus freely handled—was beginning to be felt by him as a new pleasure—an unhoped-for relief.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë