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transparency

[trans-pair-uhn-see, -par-] / trænsˈpɛər ən si, -ˈpær- /


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As for concerns about why there might be plague in a test tube in Siberia: the lack of transparency from Russia is worrying for biosecurity experts.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

“While these findings are deeply troubling, the Sheriff’s Office believes it is important to provide transparency regarding the circumstances of this collision and the findings of the investigation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Russia warned Wednesday against "false" information as reports emerged of a second suspected case of plague in Siberia, with Washington and Brussels calling for transparency and neighbouring Mongolia tightening health surveillance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

We must institute safeguards that make expertise trustworthy: transparency about uncertainty, protection for those who test it, and real consequences when things go wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The skin on his lower face had regrown, but it was thin and waxy, as if someone had taken sandpaper and rubbed it to the point of transparency.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

That set is represented here by color-on-black sketches, transparencies and cue sheets for the projections.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

The complete press release kit includes internal EMI Records memorandum to PR staff, press releases for the album and single, mock up sleeve artwork and a number of previously unseen photos and transparencies.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023

There are also more than 70,000 pictures, prints, slides, negatives, large format transparencies and contact sheets taken by famed photographers including Terry O’Neill and Helmut Newton.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023

Louisa Neill hangs shadow-casting photographic transparencies, mostly of architectural details, inside two sets of small, white boxes.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023

But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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