explicitly
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The financial power of attorney should explicitly authorize your agent to manage your brokerage, IRA, Roth IRA, bank accounts and other assets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Increasing raids have not only targeted explicitly political shops, according to a bookseller who asked not to be identified because of possible repercussions.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
O’Donnell has explicitly framed her Kimmel hosting role as solidarity with the late-night community and a defense of First Amendment rights.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Targeting that content would amount to unlawful discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals, who are explicitly protected against discrimination in California, said Elizabeth Graves, senior staff attorney in the educational equity unit of Public Counsel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can't until I'm aboard Ares 4 and operating the comm system.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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