bluntly
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While Mr. Conlon insists that their mission is “prepolitical,” Mr. Blackwood speaks bluntly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Besides being in bad taste, there are many reasons why this prank is, to put it bluntly, stupid and potentially dangerous,” the department said in a statement at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Michael Hill, a professor of chemistry at Occidental College, puts it more bluntly: "LASIK is just a fancy way of doing traditional surgery. It's still carving tissue -- it's just carving with a laser."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
My husband thinks I’ve been taken advantage of, though he wouldn’t put it that bluntly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Perhaps in response to public rumors, Kate had written Elisha bluntly, “you should know that the sounds are not made by machinery. Neither do I know how the rappings are produced.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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