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White House aide Stephen Miller, meanwhile, is straightforwardly calling him “transgender.”

From Slate • May 30, 2026

This is war writing at its best, brutally and straightforwardly told because the events and deeds Sledge recounts require no embellishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

And I wouldn’t bet too much money on the courts being as straightforwardly dismissive as they were the last time.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

It allows you to straightforwardly determine the x and y coordinates of an atom.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

The really remarkable cases are those of prospective discovery, since they straightforwardly refute the claim that all discoveries are necessarily retrospective constructions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton