explicit

Example Sentences

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“None of his messages contained explicit calls to violence,” Fournes said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Trouble began after one of the guests, podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia - who is better known as BeerBiceps to his millions of followers - asked a contestant an explicit and widely criticised question.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Workflows were never explicit: A lot of high-value work depends on judgment that’s never been formally defined.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

“We’ve had all of these recent studies about younger people who don’t necessarily want to see sexually explicit material anymore,” said Brandy Monk-Payton, assistant professor at Fordham University.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Good writers may have no explicit awareness of how these constructions and verb types work, and they certainly don’t know their names.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker