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transparency

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


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The symphony received mixed reviews, with critics complaining of a lack of transparency, argument and depth.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The fact that many of those loans or bonds are held in private vehicles compounds the problem of transparency and liquidity.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

That discrepancy has caused widespread frustration, with many New Yorkers accusing the city of taking a sloppy approach and lacking transparency about how they decided which properties were subject to the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said, “Our community deserves full transparency and accountability,” and the killing is being investigated as a homicide.

From Salon Jul. 30, 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

The collection, which was sold with full copyright, consisted of 38 original prints, 12 rolls of film and colour transparencies, all taken in 1964 and 1965.

From BBC Mar. 28, 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

The Philharmonic can certainly play the Adès concerto, but its textures were not as clear or vivid on Thursday as they can be: the darknesses not as brutal nor the transparencies as shimmering.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2023

MTT’s was a series of overlain transparencies showing the electron shells of one of the higher elements, perhaps uranium.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2023

Lake a myriad of tiny teeth in a saw, the transparencies came scavenging over the beach.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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