forthrightness

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China scholars, AI industry insiders and successive administrations have questioned Beijing’s strategic thinking and forthrightness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

In “Miles” the great trumpet player and composer offers a warts-and-all portrait of his singular existence with a similar forthrightness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

This read as forthrightness and jurors were visibly engaged throughout his testimony.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2024

A consequence of the forthrightness is that one of the first things a listener wonders upon hearing his new song, “Death Wish,” is whether he’s writing about Shires.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023

The photographer had caught her midlaugh, and the defiance of her bared teeth and wide lips gave her face a hint of mischief and forthrightness.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray