explicitly
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Should I give her a portion of the inheritance, even though my brother explicitly chose not to leave her anything?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
"He explicitly pointed out that this is a European conflict, in which the Europeans must also be at the table," Steinmeier told ARD.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
And by 1980, the Supreme Court explicitly put the two cases together, ruling in Carson v.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026
Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman explicitly condemned the event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The second fellowship was not for the customary twelve-month period but explicitly terminated after eight months, in the middle of May.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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