in no uncertain terms
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And the stars told her, in no uncertain terms, that her daughter was still alive.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
They have all declined in no uncertain terms.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
But he said on air that he was “told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
“We were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said in a scathing 6½-minute monologue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
He wasn’t, like Feral, almost all the way over the line into adulthood, but all the way over it: a man in no uncertain terms.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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