plainly
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Put plainly, this is not an organization particularly interested in producing girls who are incurious about the world beyond their own front doors.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
“None of this suggests the demand isn’t real. For now, it plainly is,” said Dan Hanbury, global equity portfolio manager at investment manager Ninety One.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
On the one hand, the move is transparently self-interested: “Meta plainly did not want to be the only platform competing with one hand tied behind its back,” Engstrom said.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Social Security’s advocates plainly could see Larson’s defeat coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a patch of clay, Hen Wen’s tracks showed as plainly as if they had been carved.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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