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straightforwardly





ADVERB
squarely
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"Dark matter could straightforwardly be two different particles, and the two different particles need to find each other in order to annihilate."

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

This is war writing at its best, brutally and straightforwardly told because the events and deeds Sledge recounts require no embellishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

To be sure, my book does not tell a straightforwardly joyful, pro-hysterectomy story, even as I reject the assumption that the procedure is always terrible.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

As journalist Max Read pointed out recently, Musk's project isn't "like" Gamergate, but "straightforwardly is Gamergate, composed of many of the exact same people" rehashing the same unjustified grievances.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025

The reasons follow straightforwardly from features of the Australian environment.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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