explicit

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He has appeared as a featured speaker at multiple ReAwaken stops, often sounding very much like an NAR preacher, although his connection to the movement is not explicit.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The Fed adopted an explicit inflation target of 2%, as measured by the annual change in the personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, price index, in January 2012 and re-affirmed that target in January 2026.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Kenyan and Ghanaian social media accounts re-uploaded clips, some including explicit captions in local languages in an apparent effort to drive traffic to their profiles.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Nvidia’s investments don’t come with explicit requirements to use the money for its technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Brookhaven settled for a cosmotron rated at 2.5 billion volts, though it received the GAC’s explicit promise that it could come back to the well for bigger machines in the future.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik