made plain
Example Sentences
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“Audits and the courts have now made plain what too many Angelenos already saw: the money wasn’t tracked, providers went unpaid, and public trust eroded,” the mayor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In “Free” and elsewhere—her public lectures, for instance—she’s made plain her distaste for capitalism, a system that a majority of Albanians today associate with liberty but also with life-giving light after long years of darkness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Since then, top US officials have made plain their distaste for the bloc's tech rules.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
It invalidated the legal theory of segregation itself, and in doing so, made plain that some constitutional harms are so sweeping, so deeply embedded, that courts must reach beyond the named plaintiff to cure them.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2025
"The little girl who was with her," Uncle Tony made plain, his voice sharp.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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