plain text
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Birthright citizenship is rooted in the plain text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
"The scrambled plain text was found, but without the coding method or the key. This is a very important distinction," he separately told a news conference in November.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
"Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text," a subsequent post read.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
He explains how “nothing this ‘textualist’ court decided in this case is because of the plain text of the statute” at all.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2023
Stooping, he picked up a straw, and began biting it meditatively, while we two pondered his plain interpretation of a very plain text.
From Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls by Marshall, Carrie L.
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