plainly
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Chatrie also demonstrates how digital surveillance increasingly reaches information people plainly regard as their own even when no traditional property concept neatly captures the intrusion.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
“The TPS statute plainly bars consideration of respondents’ non-constitutional claims,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Warsh plainly stated that he would prefer markets to react to economic data directly, rather than have it flow through the filters and forecasts of various Fed governors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Put plainly, Qualcomm is telling Wall Street that its nonhandset business alone will approach the size of the entire company today, which brought in about $44 billion in fiscal 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
And if I may be allowed to speak plainly, I think, given our long friendship, you might have allowed me to at least select the finger.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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