candor
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At a retreat more than a year later, he talked about this experience again after, not during, a session “designed to elicit candor and personal disclosure,” according to the suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Lloyd’s said it has now taken steps to strengthen its governance, including “a duty of candor being imposed on the Chief Executive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Her candor has been revered as much as it’s been reviled.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
This exemplary service failed to account for her disturbingly poor judgment, risking blackmail and conflict-of-interest allegations, since the Atlanta Police Department appears before her court; nor her lack of candor to the court.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Flattery, always, but you’ve set a trajectory toward candor, so why change course now?”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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