outspoken
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At a moment when much of the tech industry would rather not talk politics, Google executive Jeff Dean has been a rare outspoken voice—even on issues that hit close to home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
He is one of Europe’s most outspoken critics of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
As the artist moved into middle age, his prolific creative output continues, if anything with works that are more outspoken and political than earlier pieces.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Spencer Pratt, a resident of the Palisades and an outspoken supporter of the neighborhood’s mobile home community, criticized the mayor and the owners in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Even before Strauss’s appointment was made public, he began moving against Oppenheimer, impelled by the physicist’s increasingly outspoken campaign for a public debate on nuclear policy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.