direct question
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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We opted for a role-playing framework instead of a direct question to navigate around LLM guardrails.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 27, 2025
“I tried to come up with the most direct question possible.”
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025
“Grow up, Guy Pearce. You are not a victim,” the two-time Oscar winner wrote Tuesday on X, where he also posted a video responding to Pearce’s answers to a direct question on a recent podcast.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
The campaign did not answer a direct question about whether he was ever in Afghanistan.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
He was being Silent Mong, my new name for when he walks right next to you but acts like he doesn’t hear a word anybody’s saying even when they ask him a direct question.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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