explicitly
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AI models like ChatGPT frequently use your data to train their future models unless you explicitly tell it not to.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
Ginsburg explicitly said it “may be assumed” that most women did not want to go through the adversative model of VMI.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026
China’s latest Five-Year Plan explicitly designates it as one of seven “future industries” set to drive national growth.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
The law explicitly allows investors to transfer shares to others and have each taxpayer qualify for an exclusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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