frankness
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His frankness about local housing opposition turned him into something of a hero for the “yes in my backyard,” pro-development movement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In Marlaine Delargy’s translation from the Swedish, “Mount Verity” confronts these anguished contradictions with disarming frankness and calm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”
From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025
Then he talked with great frankness, sounding like a slightly homesick son stuck overseas, when he spoke about wanting reconciliation.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
He was frank, and expected a reciprocal frankness that I might not be able to supply.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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