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openness

[oh-puhn-nis] / ˈoʊ pən nɪs /




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She has previously called for a public inquiry into the safety of politicians so people can have "the full facts to hand, full openness, honesty, and transparency".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“There’s an openness to learning from others. There’s a skepticism, an acceptance of the fact that you don’t know the answers, though you search for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“I think their entire approach is about this openness and also a real, critical look at authoritarian regimes of the past and this whole era.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

It arrives as audiences and filmmakers signal an openness to revisiting stories about women long shaped by men accustomed to processing female identity through a saint-sinner binary.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Not that I don’t like men,” she assured me with wide- eyed openness.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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