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outspoken

[aut-spoh-kuhn] / ˈaʊtˈspoʊ kən /


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OpenAI’s security team called three outspoken safety researchers into meetings last month and asked them to unlock their personal phones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Thomas, an outspoken critic of Nazism, leading to his exile, believes that his public appearances can unite the country he loves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I think everybody wants public figures to be very authentically outspoken until it goes against their own beliefs, and then it’s too far.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The outspoken designer is renowned for his frank takes on the industry - previously calling social media games such as Farmville "evil" and World of Warcraft's quest design "unethical".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Two farmers, whose landholdings were small when compared to the great areas controlled by some of the Virginia slaveholders, were outspoken in their criticism of the institution of slavery.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry


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