plainly

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An April report from Yale University put it plainly: “Grades exist to communicate what students have learned. At Yale, as at many peer institutions, they no longer do.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

The International Energy Agency puts the trajectory plainly: Data-center electricity demand is growing several times faster than global electricity consumption, and AI-focused facilities are growing faster still.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

At some point, we must stop pretending not to see what is plainly happening.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Therefore for the first time it came plainly to me that, my friend being dead, I must accomplish the thing he died for.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin