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Example Sentences

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Beyzai avoided direct political references in his work, both as a playwright and a film director, and always said he tried not to trade in overt messages.

From BBC

So I needed Wagner’s command of the screen, how the camera loves him, to see him thinking and emoting not in an overt way.

From Los Angeles Times

With his consistent, overt signaling of “trad” sympathies, that’s the bet he is obviously making.

From Salon

But he added: "I never saw Farage being openly racist, antisemitic towards any individual…I'd be disappointed because I never thought of him as an overt racist."

From BBC

Instead, malicious activities that are often dubbed hybrid war or gray-zone conflict let the Kremlin challenge its adversaries without overt hostilities.

From The Wall Street Journal