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be up-front



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OpenAI shared a generic statement that included the line, “Our policies require that users be up-front with their audience.”

From Slate Jan. 14, 2023

And it is a reminder why we need, as historians and analysts, to be up-front about the role of racism in shaping policy in our country.

From The New Yorker Aug. 2, 2019

Liberal Democrat MSP Tavish Scott said SNP ministers "must be up-front about any potential delay" to the roll-out.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2014

If your credit is blemished and a prospective employer wants to check it, be up-front, both Beaudette and Givens say.

From Time Jun. 27, 2011

“I know you didn’t ask for my advice, but I’m giving it to you anyway. For Jupiter’s sake. You need to be up-front with her, Rae-Bee.”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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