openness

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Yuan settlement in goods and commodity trade has risen sharply, accelerating amid the conflict in the Middle East, with Iran and the United Arab Emirates signaling openness to yuan transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Particularly in the wake of the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal there have been calls for more financial openness, including about royal property.

From BBC • May 18, 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

“So everybody’s connected, and that’s what’s exploited in these conspiracy stories. It’s made to look nefarious. It’s preying on the openness of science and shutting that down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

He was not sure if she had forgiven him for the incident with Olanna—they had never talked about it—but this note, this new openness, meant that she was ready to move forward.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie