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Pure as the sound of a bell; also, readily understood. For example, Did you understand the message I left you?—Yes, clear as a bell. This simile, which alludes to the bell's clarity owing to lack of overtones, was already a proverb in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670).

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The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
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But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
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The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.
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ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
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Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.
Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too|John Avlon|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I was rather awed by his imposing appearance, and advanced timidly to the doors, which were of glass, and pulled the bell.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
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When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.
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