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be plain



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This should be plain as day to anyone who cares to look and listen.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2026

"It is just not fair, the current price of uniforms," she said, adding that uniforms should be plain and easy to adapt or maintain.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2025

“I would say of our commercial vegetable farmers in the state, probably 60 to 70% are probably going to be plain community folks,” he said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2024

“To be plain dressed — it just felt wrong to me,” Nézet-Séguin said.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2023

I would not be plain Widge any longer.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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