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Example Sentences

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Now, as voters head to the polls on primary day in the Pine Tree State, RCV has become so accepted that candidates from both parties are openly encouraging voters to rank their rivals.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Women rarely get to show ambition or greed, and she does that openly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“The fact that I was a bad boyfriend a decade ago, that’s something I’ve talked about openly at length for quite some time in multiple places,” he told Hayes on Thursday.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

"The things that were hard for each other... There was a time we talked openly and worked through it," Chaewon explained.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

I’d gone from being the kind of person people pretended they weren’t staring at to being the kind of person who was openly gawked at.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi