blatantly
Example Sentences
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“We are exploring all options to challenge what would be a blatantly unlawful order,” said Linda Krop, chief counsel for Santa Barbara-based Environmental Defense Center.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
“I would like to see content creators not contribute to the hyper-normalization of things that are like blatantly horrific by acknowledging them.”
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026
The result: The state looked hard at the practice, at the assisted-suicide physicians blatantly failing to follow the most minimal of safeguards, and then decided this year to “suspend” its monitoring program for the procedure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Numerous rights groups urged MPs to reject the law, saying adopting it "would blatantly violate Kazakhstan's international human rights commitments," the International Partnership for Human Rights said in a statement.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
This outwardly aloof but blatantly defensive tone seemed to acknowledge, in its backhanded way, that his critics had struck a nerve.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.