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openness

[oh-puhn-nis] / ˈoʊ pən nɪs /




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Residents living close to the North Korean border expressed hope for greater openness from Pyongyang.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The deal marks a major shift for the French-Israeli billionaire’s business portfolio and will be a test of regulators’ openness to further consolidation in the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In a statement, Alison Smith, chief executive since last September, said the trust would "co-operate fully with the public inquiry with honesty, openness, humility, grace and kindness".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

She looked back at him once, and again he had that sense of perfect openness, as if they knew each other very well and there were no secrets between them.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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