explicitly
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The company's Starship rocket -- whose latest iteration could launch Thursday -- is explicitly designed with Mars colonization in mind.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
It also said many cast members have been explicitly or publicly complimentary about the care they received on the show.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
A City Council proposal to explicitly grant the inspector general access to records stalled and was not voted out of committee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Eventually, the two explicitly talked about how they wanted his paid time off to factor into their parenting strategy.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Galen’s text had never been accompanied by illustrations—Galen explicitly said that illustrations were worthless—because in a manuscript culture complex illustrations degrade rapidly each time they are copied.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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