explicitly

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Explicitly acknowledging that these dinners are a financial stretch for them can feel like you’re shaming them.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Explicitly insuring all deposits, Mr. Hockett says, could prevent a run on a troubled bank, because customers would know ahead of time that their money was safe.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Explicitly set during the worst months of the Covid pandemic — the spring of 2020 — “Glass Onion” leans into recent history without succumbing to gloom, bitterness or howling rage, which is no small accomplishment.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Explicitly show how you follow the steps in the Problem-Solving Strategy for Newton’s laws of motion.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Explicitly he does not answer his question: his art has gone, at least for the moment, beyond avowed argument, merely marshaling the evidence with ironic skill and dispensing with the chorus.

From Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) by Doren, Carl Van