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overt

adjective as in obvious, unconcealed

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"There can be this moment where it's unveiled to you, through things that they do that are very overt," she said.

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Veteran TV news executives warn that any overt attempt to woo disaffected conservatives risks alienating the millions of viewers who are still watching CBS News programs.

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He did this during the campaign after being called out for his overt lie about Haitian immigrants kidnapping and eating people’s pets.

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The president’s overt use of the Justice Department as a partisan tool threatens a new era of political persecutions that could well backfire on his own allies.

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Sometimes, the gender-based crimes are more overt but hate groups aren’t charged with them because they tend to be trickier to prosecute.

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