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blunt

[bluhnt] / blʌnt /




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Arnold laid out a blunt reality: Projects and workers were coming either way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

This time it was a more blunt, less family-friendly phrase that drove her "go for it" mentality.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Let’s be blunt about it: Athleta doesn’t really have a brand that people would want to dupe,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

Perhaps this rather blunt picture might become more nuanced too, as we learn more fine-grained details of what happened from archaeology and ancient DNA.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

“Mom,” she began, then found she could not repeat Lexie’s blunt words.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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