explicit

Example Sentences

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For example, explicit images of journalist and campaigner Jess Davis were created without her consent on the software and Dr Daisy Dixon, a lecturer in philosophy at Cardiff University, experienced the same.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The law is explicit that the director role should go to someone with “extensive national security expertise.”

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

For all the explicit and widely shared concerns Leo names throughout, there is a through line of genuine love for humanity and what we can do at our best—including with the machines at our side.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Beijing has been unusually explicit about the ambition.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Two decades later, in Batson, the Supreme Court reversed course, a nod to the newly minted public consensus that explicit race discrimination is an affront to American values.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander