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blunt

[bluhnt] / blʌnt /




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The reassurance rang out across HumanX, a four-day conference drawing some 6,500 investors, entrepreneurs and tech executives, even as a blunt advertisement at the entrance set the tone: "Stop hiring humans."

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Asked about them, he was blunt: He is “not running a charity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In its own statement, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blunt.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

He was blunt in the way Marines tend to be.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Maybe that’s blunt, but I’ve found that being blunt sometimes makes life easier for everyone.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick




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