overtly

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Still, I will push back on your suggestion that he was overtly judging or looking down on other people who were less well off.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Those are positives and some of the reasons we haven’t felt compelled to be overtly activist.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Steven J. Lockjaw, a military officer obsessed with Taylor’s revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills, overtly embodies this contradiction.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Ukraine also enlists foreign combatants but does so overtly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“That’s who I am. Without stating it overtly, I felt Lou was saying to me, ‘You can go somewhere with this.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove