open discussion

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A frank, open discussion would have produced a stronger consensus about needed changes than what’s likely to occur now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

"If that's taking a side, it's taking a side on the side of kind of democratic norms and open discussion and dialogue."

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

Releasing them to the public, he wrote, “would have a chilling effect on the frank and open discussion necessary for the decision-making process.”

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2025

What’s more, many men I know are actively hostile to open discussion of the most difficult subjects.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2025

The character and conduct of individuals in high and responsible situations, will naturally and necessarily be the subject of free and open discussion.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by Brenton, E. B.