straight-up
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More than 80 percent of programs contained information that was either seriously misleading or straight-up wrong, including that HIV can be contracted by sweat and tears and that condoms are ineffective.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
“It’s what all of Elle’s friends would be obsessing over in L.A.,” she adds, “but it’s also a bridge to the Seattle kids. It’s not straight-up pop or straight-up rock.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
There’s no reason Lily couldn’t be a straight-up antagonist, and the film’s story could work just as easily written that way.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
“This is straight-up extortion, what they’re doing to me,” Levy said later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
“Yeah. And there is one boy who is straight-up awful, and there is a girl who—” Cat didn’t want to explain Chicken’s fight.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
